Which to use
“grammar” and “gramme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,827
- “grammar” frequency rank
- #17,437
- “gramme” frequency rank
- 56264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grammar | gramme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grammaire. | Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ kilogrammes, et dont le symbole est g. À l’origine le gramme représentait la masse d’un centimètre cube d’eau au maximum de sa densité. |
Where the eye mixes grammar and gramme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grammar runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against gramme's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between grammar and gramme
A purely visual mix-up. grammar (\ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)\) and gramme (\ɡʁam\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grammar is recorded at frequency rank #38,827, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)\. gramme is at rank #17,437, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁam\.
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 56264, this pair ranks #122,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grammar vs gramme
Shared letters: agmr. Private to "grammar": -. Private to "gramme": e.
"grammar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "gramme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grammar" for "gramme" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grammar" vs "gramme" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grammar" and "gramme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grammar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gramme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grammar" and "gramme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs gramme". 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 #122,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.