Which to use
“graphe” and “graphes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,882
- “graphe” frequency rank
- #36,419
- “graphes” frequency rank
- 59301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graphe | graphes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique | Pluriel de graphe. |
Same sound, different letters: graphe vs graphes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - graphe / graphes
This is the hard kind. graphe and graphes are pronounced identically (\ɡʁaf\) 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) - “graphe” sits inside “graphes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graphe is recorded at frequency rank #22,882, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁaf\. graphes is at rank #36,419, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁaf\.
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 59301, this pair ranks #103,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of graphe vs graphes
Shared letters: aeghpr. Private to "graphe": -. Private to "graphes": s.
"graphe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "graphes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "graphe" for "graphes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "graphe" vs "graphes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"graphe" and "graphes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "graphe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graphes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graphe" and "graphes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graf vs graphes". 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 #103,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.