graviton
/ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/
"graviton" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“graviton” is uncommon English (frequency #74,133 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,133
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graviton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graviton” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
graviton is uncommon English at frequency #74,133 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for graviton, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gravity + -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society. The correct English form is graviton, spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
Etymology
From gravity + -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society.
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 “graviton”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-V-I-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.