GraemevsgrammeTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,684
“Graeme” frequency rank
#17,437
“gramme” frequency rank
67121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Graeme gramme
Definition Prénom masculin anglais. Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ kilogrammes, et dont le symbole est g. À l’origine le gramme représentait la masse d’un centimètre cube d’eau au maximum de sa densité.

Letter map: Graeme vs gramme

Shared letters muted; letters that set Graeme and gramme apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Graeme (CCVVCV) and gramme (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Graeme
6 ch
gramme

Grammar separator: Graeme vs gramme

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Graeme is aname and grammeanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “Graeme” becomes m in “gramme”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Graeme is recorded at frequency rank #49,684, classified as aname. gramme is at rank #17,437, 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 67121, this pair ranks #64,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Graeme vs gramme

Shared letters: aegmr. Private to "Graeme": -. Private to "gramme": -.

"Graeme" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "gramme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Graemegareme · ggraeme · graeem · graemme · gramee · greame · grraeme · rgaeme
  • grammegarmme · ggramme · grame · gramem · grmame · grramme · rgamme

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Graeme" and "gramme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Graeme" is a name and "gramme" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Graeme" or "gramme" show up more?
"gramme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,437 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Graeme" and "gramme".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Graeme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gramme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Graeme" and "gramme" 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 #64,800 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