GraemevsgravéeTell them apart

Quick tell: Graeme is a name, gravée is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#49,684
“Graeme” frequency rank
#17,439
“gravée” frequency rank
67123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Graeme gravée
Definition Prénom masculin anglais. Féminin singulier de gravé.

Letter map: Graeme vs gravée

Shared letters muted; letters that set Graeme and gravée apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Graeme (CCVVCV) and gravée (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Graeme
6 ch
gravée

Grammar separator: Graeme vs gravée

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Graeme is aname and gravéeanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Graeme is recorded at frequency rank #49,684, classified as aname. gravée is at rank #17,439, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.ve\.

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 67123, this pair ranks #64,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Graeme vs gravée

Shared letters: aegr. Private to "Graeme": m. Private to "gravée": .

"Graeme" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "gravée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Graemegareme · ggraeme · graeem · graemme · gramee · greame · grraeme · rgaeme

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Graeme" and "gravée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Graeme" is a name and "gravée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Graeme" or "gravée" show up more?
"gravée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,439 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

Pair "Graeme" vs "gravée" 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 "gravée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Graeme" and "gravée" 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 #64,792 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