Which to use
“grammaire” and “grammar” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,573
- “grammaire” frequency rank
- #38,827
- “grammar” frequency rank
- 46400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grammaire | grammar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Art de parler et d’écrire correctement, ensemble des règles d’une langue. | Grammaire. |
Where the eye mixes grammaire and grammar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. grammaire runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCV) against grammar's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: grammaire vs grammar
A purely visual mix-up. grammaire (\ɡʁa.mɛʁ\) and grammar (\ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grammaire is recorded at frequency rank #7,573, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.mɛʁ\. grammar is at rank #38,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)\.
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 46400, this pair ranks #195,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grammaire vs grammar
Shared letters: agmr. Private to "grammaire": ei. Private to "grammar": -.
"grammaire" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCV · "grammar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grammaire" for "grammar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grammaire" vs "grammar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grammaire" and "grammar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grammaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grammar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grammaire" and "grammar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grammar vs Grammy". 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 #195,252 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.