Which to use
“graff” and “graphe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,082
- “graff” frequency rank
- #22,882
- “graphe” frequency rank
- 67964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graff | graphe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inscription calligraphiée ou dessin tracé, peint ou gravé sur un support inhabituel et qui a vocation artistique. | Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique |
Same sound, different letters: graff vs graphe
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. graff runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against graphe's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: graff vs graphe
This is the hard kind. graff and graphe are pronounced identically (\ɡʁaf\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graff is recorded at frequency rank #45,082, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁaf\. graphe is at rank #22,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁaf\.
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 67964, this pair ranks #61,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of graff vs graphe
Shared letters: agr. Private to "graff": f. Private to "graphe": ehp.
"graff" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "graphe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "graff" and "graphe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "graff" or "graphe"?
Useful next steps
"graff" and "graphe" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "graff" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graphe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graff" and "graphe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GAFA vs graff". 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 #61,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.