Graaf
\ɡʁaːf\
The verdict
“Graaf” is uncommon French (frequency #93,827 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,827
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine néerlandaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graaf · Graaf · French
Graaf · rank #93,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,827
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gramm
Nearest frequency peer: gramm (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Graaf »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- googler
googler
6,178 corpus weight
- goupillon
goupillon
6,177 corpus weight
- gouvernes
gouvernes
6,176 corpus weight
- Graaf
Graaf
6,174 corpus weight
- gramm
gramm
6,173 corpus weight
- granularité
granularité
6,171 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Graaf » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Graaf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁaːf\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Graaf » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Graaf is uncommon French at frequency #93,827 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡʁaːf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine néerlandaise.".
Graaf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Graaf, spelled G-R-A-A-F.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d’origine néerlandaise.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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