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“graphes” and “grappes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,419
“graphes” frequency rank
#24,987
“grappes” frequency rank
61406
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graphes grappes
Definition Pluriel de graphe. Pluriel de grappe.

Where the eye mixes graphes and grappes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. graphes and grappes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
graphes
7 ch
grappes

Visual trap between graphes and grappes

A purely visual mix-up. graphes (\ɡʁaf\) 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 differ by a single letter - h in “graphes” becomes p in “grappes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graphes is recorded at frequency rank #36,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁaf\. 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 61406, this pair ranks #92,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of graphes vs grappes

Shared letters: aegprs. Private to "graphes": h. Private to "grappes": -.

"graphes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "grappes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • graphes ← garphes · ggraphes · grahpes · grapehs · graphess · graphhes · graphse · grapphes
  • grappes ← garppes · ggrappes · grapeps · grapes · grappess · grappse · grpapes · grrappes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "graphes" and "grappes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɡʁaf\ versus \ɡʁap\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "graphes" or "grappes"?
"grappes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,987 in our French list, against #36,419 for "graphes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "graphes" and "grappes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "graphes" 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 #92,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graphes" and "grappes" 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 #92,479 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list