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

#17,441
“grâces” frequency rank
#30,187
“granges” frequency rank
47628
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grâces granges
Definition Jeu des grâces. Pluriel de grange.

Where the eye mixes grâces and granges

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

6 ch
grâces
7 ch
granges

Look-alike desk: grâces vs granges

A purely visual mix-up. grâces (\ɡʁɑs\) and granges (\ɡʁɑ̃ʒ\) 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 47628, 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\. granges is at rank #30,187, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃ʒ\.

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 47628, this pair ranks #185,452 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grâces vs granges

Shared letters: egrs. Private to "grâces": . Private to "granges": an.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grangesgarnges · ggranges · gragnes · granegs · grangess · grangges · grangse · grannges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "grâces" for "granges" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɡʁɑs\ versus \ɡʁɑ̃ʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "grâces" or "granges" show up more?
"grâces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,441 in our French list, against #30,187 for "granges". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "grâces" and "granges" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grâces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "granges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,452 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grâces" and "granges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "granges vs granulés". 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 #185,452 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