Which to use
“graine” and “graines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,419
- “graine” frequency rank
- #6,091
- “graines” frequency rank
- 17510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graine | graines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de graine. |
Same sound, different letters: graine vs graines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. graine runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against graines's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - graine / graines
This is the hard kind. graine and graines are pronounced identically (\ɡʁɛn\) 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) - “graine” sits inside “graines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graine is recorded at frequency rank #11,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛn\. graines is at rank #6,091, 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 17510, this pair ranks #382,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graine vs graines
Shared letters: aeginr. Private to "graine": -. Private to "graines": s.
"graine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "graines" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "graine" and "graines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "graine" or "graines" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "graine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graine" and "graines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs graine". 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 #382,818 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.