Which to use
“gagne” and “graine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,594
- “gagne” frequency rank
- #11,419
- “graine” frequency rank
- 13013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gagne | graine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Esprit de compétition, énergie qui fait qu’on se surpasse pour emporter la victoire. | Organe reproducteur des spermaphytes, formé par l’ovule fécondé et arrivé à maturité, contenant un embryon avec des réserves nutritives et protégé par un tégument. |
Where the eye mixes gagne and graine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gagne runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against graine's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gagne vs graine
A purely visual mix-up. gagne (\ɡaɲ\) and graine (\ɡʁɛn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gagne is recorded at frequency rank #1,594, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡaɲ\. graine is at rank #11,419, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛn\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13013, this pair ranks #402,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gagne vs graine
Shared letters: aegn. Private to "gagne": -. Private to "graine": ir.
"gagne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "graine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gagne" and "graine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gagne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gagne" and "graine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs graine". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #402,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.