Which to use
“greffe” and “greffon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,668
- “greffe” frequency rank
- #47,925
- “greffon” frequency rank
- 57593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | greffe | greffon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bureau d’un tribunal où sont délivrées et conservées les minutes des jugements, des arrêts, celles de divers actes de procédure, comme enquêtes, rapports d’experts, etc. et où se font certaines déclarations, certains dépôts. | Partie d’un végétal qu’on greffe sur la tige d’un autre végétal. |
Where the eye mixes greffe and greffon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. greffe runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against greffon's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between greffe and greffon
A purely visual mix-up. greffe (\ɡʁɛf\) and greffon (\ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\) 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 57593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
greffe is recorded at frequency rank #9,668, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛf\. greffon is at rank #47,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\.
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 57593, this pair ranks #114,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of greffe vs greffon
Shared letters: efgr. Private to "greffe": -. Private to "greffon": no.
"greffe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "greffon" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "greffe" and "greffon" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "greffe" vs "greffon" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "greffe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "greffon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "greffe" and "greffon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "greffon vs griffon". 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 #114,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.