graffiti vs graffitis, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#21,027
“graffiti” frequency rank: #28,575
“graffitis” frequency rank: 49602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	graffiti	graffitis
Definition	Inscription gravée, dessin tracé dans l’Antiquité sur des murs, des monuments.	Pluriel de graffiti.

Same sound, different letters: graffiti vs graffitis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. graffiti runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against graffitis's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

graffiti

9 ch

graffitis

Same sound, different spelling - graffiti / graffitis

This is the hard kind. graffiti and graffitis are pronounced identically (\ɡʁa.fi.ti\) 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 extra letter(s) - “graffiti” sits inside “graffitis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graffiti is recorded at frequency rank #21,027, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.fi.ti\. graffitis is at rank #28,575, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.fi.ti\.

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 49602, this pair ranks #169,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of graffiti vs graffitis

Shared letters: afgirt. Private to "graffiti": -. Private to "graffitis": s.

"graffiti" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "graffitis" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

graffiti ← garffiti · ggraffiti · graffiit · graffitti · grafftii · grafifti · grafiti · grfafiti
graffitis ← garffitis · ggraffitis · graffiits · graffitiss · graffitsi · graffittis · grafftiis · grafiftis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "graffiti" and "graffitis" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɡʁa.fi.ti\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "graffiti" or "graffitis" show up more?

"graffiti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,027 in our French list, against #28,575 for "graffitis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"graffiti" and "graffitis" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "graffiti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "graffitis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #169,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"graffiti" and "graffitis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graffiti vs griffith". 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 #169,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.