Which to use
“green” and “grèves” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,985
- “green” frequency rank
- #10,333
- “grèves” frequency rank
- 16318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | green | grèves |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Zone d’un parcours de golf, où se trouve le trou. | Pluriel de grève. |
Where the eye mixes green and grèves
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses green with grèves
A purely visual mix-up. green (\ɡʁin\) and grèves (\ɡʁɛv\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
green is recorded at frequency rank #5,985, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁin\. grèves is at rank #10,333, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛv\.
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 16318, this pair ranks #388,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of green vs grèves
Shared letters: egr. Private to "green": n. Private to "grèves": svè.
"green" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "grèves" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- green ← geren · ggreen · greenn · gren · grene · grreen · rgeen
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "green" and "grèves" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "green" or "grèves"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "green" and "grèves" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "green" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grèves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "green" and "grèves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Greek vs grèves". 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 #388,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.