gratin
/ɡɹəˈtæn/
"gratin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gratin” is uncommon English (frequency #66,693 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,693
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gratin · gratin · English
gratin · rank #66,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,693
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH granule
Nearest frequency peer: granule (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “gratin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glucagon
glucagon
33,312 corpus weight
- GPC
GPC
33,310 corpus weight
- granule
granule
33,309 corpus weight
- gratin
gratin
33,308 corpus weight
- gravesite
gravesite
33,307 corpus weight
- grouch
grouch
33,305 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gratin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “gratin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gratin is uncommon English at frequency #66,693 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɹəˈtæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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