Which to use
“grappe” is a noun and “grasse” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,878
- “grappe” frequency rank
- #7,967
- “grasse” frequency rank
- 31845
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grappe | grasse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage de fleurs (inflorescence), de fruits ou de grains, portés sur une même tige, chaque élément étant pédicellé. | Féminin singulier de gras. |
Where the eye mixes grappe and grasse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grappe and grasse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: grappe vs grasse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grappe is \ɡʁap\ while grasse is \ɡʁɑs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31845, 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\. grasse is at rank #7,967, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\.
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 31845, this pair ranks #301,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grappe vs grasse
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "grappe": p. Private to "grasse": s.
"grappe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grappe" for "grasse" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "grappe" or "grasse" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "grappe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grasse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grappe" and "grasse" 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 #301,192 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.