grade
\ɡʁad\
The verdict
“grade” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,705 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,705
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Degré de dignité, d'honneur dans une hiérarchie.
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 | grade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁad\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grade” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grade is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁad\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,705 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grade, with forms such as "ggrade", "gradde", and "graed". 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, "gré", "Gras", "gray", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grade, spelled G-R-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Degré de dignité, d'honneur dans une hiérarchie.
- 2Degré dans la hiérarchie militaire.
- 3Degré de la hiérarchie universitaire.
- 4Degré de la hiérarchie dans la fonction publique.
- 5Groupe d'organismes vivants dont le plan d'organisation est relativement similaire.
- 6Unité de mesure d’angle plan égale à la centième partie d’un quadrant dans un système de division centésimale de la circonférence. Son symbole est gon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrade,gradde,graed,grdae,grrade,rgade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grade - 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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Using “grade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gré” - see the side-by-side comparison. grade vs gré
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.