Which to use
“gramme” is a noun and “grimpé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,437
- “gramme” frequency rank
- #25,669
- “grimpé” frequency rank
- 43106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gramme | grimpé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Participe passé masculin singulier de grimper. |
Where the eye mixes gramme and grimpé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gramme and grimpé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between gramme and grimpé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gramme is \ɡʁam\ while grimpé is \ɡʁɛ̃.pe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gramme is recorded at frequency rank #17,437, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁam\. grimpé is at rank #25,669, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡʁɛ̃.pe\.
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 43106, this pair ranks #220,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gramme vs grimpé
Shared letters: gmr. Private to "gramme": ae. Private to "grimpé": ipé.
"gramme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grimpé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gramme ← garmme · ggramme · grame · gramem · grmame · grramme · rgamme
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gramme" for "grimpé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "gramme" or "grimpé" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gramme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grimpé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gramme" and "grimpé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gimp vs grimpé". 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 #220,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.