Which to use
“grappe” and “gratte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,878
- “grappe” frequency rank
- #9,013
- “gratte” frequency rank
- 32891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grappe | gratte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage de fleurs (inflorescence), de fruits ou de grains, portés sur une même tige, chaque élément étant pédicellé. | De la ciguatera, un empoisonnement banal par la consommation de certains poissons des récifs tropicaux et lagons. |
Where the eye mixes grappe and gratte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grappe vs gratte
A purely visual mix-up. grappe (\ɡʁap\) and gratte (\ɡʁat\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32891, 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\. gratte is at rank #9,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁat\.
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 32891, this pair ranks #294,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grappe vs gratte
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "grappe": p. Private to "gratte": t.
"grappe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "gratte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grappe" and "gratte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grappe" vs "gratte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grappe" and "gratte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grappe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gratte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grappe" and "gratte" 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 #294,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.