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

#19,304
“graphisme” frequency rank
#20,747
“graphismes” frequency rank
40051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graphisme graphismes
Definition Manière de dessiner particulière à un artiste. Pluriel de graphisme.

Same sound, different letters: graphisme vs graphismes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

9 ch
graphisme
10 ch
graphismes

Same sound, different spelling - graphisme / graphismes

This is the hard kind. graphisme and graphismes are pronounced identically (\ɡʁa.fism\) 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) - “graphisme” sits inside “graphismes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graphisme is recorded at frequency rank #19,304, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.fism\. graphismes is at rank #20,747, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.fism\.

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 40051, this pair ranks #243,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of graphisme vs graphismes

Shared letters: aeghimprs. Private to "graphisme": -. Private to "graphismes": -.

"graphisme" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV  ·  "graphismes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • graphismegarphisme · ggraphisme · grahpisme · graphhisme · graphimse · graphisem · graphismme · graphissme
  • graphismesgarphismes · ggraphismes · grahpismes · graphhismes · graphimses · graphisems · graphismess · graphismmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "graphisme" for "graphismes" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɡʁa.fism\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "graphisme" or "graphismes" show up more?
"graphisme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,304 in our French list, against #20,747 for "graphismes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "graphisme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graphismes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #243,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graphisme" and "graphismes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graphismes vs graphistes". 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 #243,414 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