grâcesvsgrammesTell them apart

Which to use

“grâces” and “grammes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,441
“grâces” frequency rank
#8,860
“grammes” frequency rank
26301
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grâces grammes
Definition Jeu des grâces. Pluriel de gramme.

Where the eye mixes grâces and grammes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
grâces
7 ch
grammes

Visual trap between grâces and grammes

A purely visual mix-up. grâces (\ɡʁɑs\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grâces is recorded at frequency rank #17,441, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\. 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 26301, this pair ranks #335,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of grâces vs grammes

Shared letters: egrs. Private to "grâces": . Private to "grammes": am.

"grâces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "grammes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grammesgarmmes · ggrammes · gramems · grames · grammess · grammse · grmames · grrammes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grâces" and "grammes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɡʁɑs\ versus \ɡʁam\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "grâces" or "grammes"?
"grammes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,860 in our French list, against #17,441 for "grâces". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grâces" 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 #335,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grâces" and "grammes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grâces vs gracie". 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 #335,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list