grâces
\ɡʁɑs\
The verdict
“grâces” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,441
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu des grâces.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graces · grâces · French
grâces · rank #17,441 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,441
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Greenpeace
Nearest frequency peer: Greenpeace (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grâces »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- grandissante
grandissante
82,563 corpus weight
- gravée
gravée
82,562 corpus weight
- Greenpeace
Greenpeace
82,561 corpus weight
- grâces
grâces
82,560 corpus weight
- gum
gum
82,559 corpus weight
- guérilla
guérilla
82,558 corpus weight
What this shows « grâces » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grâces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grâces »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around grâces (IPA \ɡʁɑs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,441 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grâces, with forms such as "ggrâces", "graces", and "grcâes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gras", "grès", "grave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grâces, spelled G-R-Â-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu des grâces.
- 2Prière qui se fait à la fin du repas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grâces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stellan était fort gai et fort aimable. Au retour, il proposa de jouer aux grâces. J’accepte, et bientôt les cercles aux rubans roses voltigent entre les arbres et sont reçus adroitement sur les baguettes.
Parmi ces réunions familiales ou mondaines sur l’herbe verte, nous citerons le garden-party — va pour le garden-party, puisque la vogue est au mot — qui a eu lieu dans le vallon de Champlan, chez Mme Levellée. On s’y est exercé à tous les jeux sportiques de plein air, depuis le vulgaire jeu de boules jusqu'à l’aristocratique lawn-tennis, en passant par le…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrâces
- graces
- grcâes
- grrâces
- grâcces
- grâcess
- grâcse
- grâecs
- gârces
- rgâces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grâces - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).