Which to use
“griffe” and “griffes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,722
- “griffe” frequency rank
- #12,588
- “griffes” frequency rank
- 30310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | griffe | griffes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ongle crochu, pointu et mobile de certains animaux, tels que le tigre, le lion, le chat, etc., ou d’un oiseau de proie, comme l’épervier, le faucon, etc. | Pluriel de griffe. |
Same sound, different letters: griffe vs griffes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: griffe vs griffes
This is the hard kind. griffe and griffes are pronounced identically (\ɡʁif\) 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) - “griffe” sits inside “griffes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
griffe is recorded at frequency rank #17,722, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁif\. griffes is at rank #12,588, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁif\.
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 30310, this pair ranks #311,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of griffe vs griffes
Shared letters: efgir. Private to "griffe": -. Private to "griffes": s.
"griffe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "griffes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "griffe" and "griffes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "griffe" or "griffes"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "griffe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "griffes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "griffe" and "griffes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graff vs griffe". 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 #311,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.