gradable
\ɡʁa.dabl\
The verdict
“gradable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Auquel on peut attribuer un grade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gradable · gradable · French
gradable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gradable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.dabl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gradable” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gradable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gradable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 gradable, spelled G-R-A-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Auquel on peut attribuer un grade.
- 2Qui peut avoir un niveau d’intensité. Par exemple, l’adjectif grand est gradable parce que l’on peut dire très grand, un peu grand, plus grand, etc. tandis que l’adjectif solaire n’est pas gradable.
- 3Qualifie une source d’éclairage dont on peut faire varier l’intensité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gradable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout le monde, ou à peu près, était « gradable » et il n’y eut que plus de mérite de voir décerner à quelques-uns les galons de caporaux ou sergents.
Ainsi l’intelligence est gradable : on peut être assez, plutôt, très, extrêmement intelligent. De la même façon, la réussite est gradable : on peut assez bien, plutôt bien, très bien, extrêmement bien réussir.
Synonyms
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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.