GraemevsgraineWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Graeme is a name, graine is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Graeme” is a name and “graine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,684
“Graeme” frequency rank
#11,419
“graine” frequency rank
61103
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Graeme graine
Definition Prénom masculin anglais. 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.

Letter map: Graeme vs graine

Shared letters muted; letters that set Graeme and graine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Graeme and graine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Graeme
6 ch
graine

Grammar separator: Graeme vs graine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Graeme is aname and graineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Graeme is recorded at frequency rank #49,684, classified as aname. 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 61103, this pair ranks #94,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Graeme vs graine

Shared letters: aegr. Private to "Graeme": m. Private to "graine": in.

"Graeme" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "graine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Graemegareme · ggraeme · graeem · graemme · gramee · greame · grraeme · rgaeme
  • grainegarine · ggraine · graien · grainne · granie · griane · grraine · rgaine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Graeme" and "graine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Graeme" is a name and "graine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Graeme" vs "graine" - which ranks higher?
"graine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,419 in our French list, against #49,684 for "Graeme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Graeme" vs "graine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Graeme" 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 #94,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Graeme" and "graine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gracie vs Graeme". 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 #94,056 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