Which to use
“gamme” and “grammes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,880
- “gamme” frequency rank
- #8,860
- “grammes” frequency rank
- 11740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gamme | grammes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une octave. | Pluriel de gramme. |
Where the eye mixes gamme and grammes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gamme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against grammes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gamme vs grammes
A purely visual mix-up. gamme (\ɡam\) and grammes (\ɡʁam\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gamme is recorded at frequency rank #2,880, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡam\. grammes is at rank #8,860, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁam\.
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 11740, this pair ranks #407,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gamme vs grammes
Shared letters: aegm. Private to "gamme": -. Private to "grammes": rs.
"gamme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "grammes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gamme" and "grammes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gamme" or "grammes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gamme" and "grammes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gamme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grammes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gamme" and "grammes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs grammes". 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 #407,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.