gratin
/ɡɹəˈtæn/
"gratin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gratin” is an uncommon English word, ranked #66,693 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,693
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹəˈtæn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gratin is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɹəˈtæn/. Corpus data places it at rank #66,693 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gratin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French gratin. The correct English form is gratin, spelled G-R-A-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
Etymology
Borrowed from French gratin.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gratin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.