Which to use
“grammes” and “grappes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,860
- “grammes” frequency rank
- #24,987
- “grappes” frequency rank
- 33847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grammes | grappes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de gramme. | Pluriel de grappe. |
Where the eye mixes grammes and grappes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grammes and grappes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses grammes with grappes
A purely visual mix-up. grammes (\ɡʁam\) and grappes (\ɡʁap\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grammes is recorded at frequency rank #8,860, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁam\. grappes is at rank #24,987, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁap\.
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 33847, this pair ranks #287,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grammes vs grappes
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "grammes": m. Private to "grappes": p.
"grammes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grappes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grammes" and "grappes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "grammes" or "grappes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grammes" and "grappes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grammes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grappes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grammes" and "grappes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grappes vs grappin". 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 #287,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.