Which to use
“grappe” and “grappes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,878
- “grappe” frequency rank
- #24,987
- “grappes” frequency rank
- 48865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grappe | grappes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage de fleurs (inflorescence), de fruits ou de grains, portés sur une même tige, chaque élément étant pédicellé. | Pluriel de grappe. |
Same sound, different letters: grappe vs grappes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. grappe runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against grappes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - grappe and grappes
This is the hard kind. grappe and grappes are pronounced identically (\ɡʁap\) 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) - “grappe” sits inside “grappes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grappe is recorded at frequency rank #23,878, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁap\. 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 48865, this pair ranks #175,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grappe vs grappes
Shared letters: aegpr. Private to "grappe": -. Private to "grappes": s.
"grappe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grappes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grappe" and "grappes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grappe" or "grappes"?
Useful next steps
"grappe" and "grappes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "grappe" 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 #175,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grappe" and "grappes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs grappe". 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 #175,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.