grade

\ɡʁad\

/\ɡʁad\/ noun

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The verdict

“grade” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,705
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Degré de dignité, d'honneur dans une hiérarchie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grade · grade · French

grade · rank #6,705 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,705
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gardiens

Nearest frequency peer: gardiens (-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 « grade »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grade » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grade vs gré
40% similar
grade vs Gras
40% similar
grade vs gray
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grade
PropertyValue
Headwordgrade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁad\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,705
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grade »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gradese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gardiens » (#6,704), « habitué » (#6,706), « frigo » (#6,703). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grade » est au #6,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around grade (IPA \ɡʁad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,705 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Degré de dignité, d'honneur dans une hiérarchie.
  2. 2
    Degré dans la hiérarchie militaire.
  3. 3
    Degré de la hiérarchie universitaire.
  4. 4
    Degré de la hiérarchie dans la fonction publique.
  5. 5
    Groupe d'organismes vivants dont le plan d'organisation est relativement similaire.
  6. 6
    Unité 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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Monter en grade, se dit d’une façon générale de quelqu’un qui s’élève à un degré supérieur, dans sa condition, ses fonctions, son emploi, etc.
  2. Guillaume des Champeaux, né en Brie de parents obscurs, s'éleva par la réputation qu'il se fit, de grade en grade jusqu'à l'épiscopat.

Synonyms

degrérangclasse

This word in other languages

rank(English)grado(Español)

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.

ggrade1gradde1graed2grdae2grrade1rgade2
Edit distance from "grade"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grade"?
"grade" is spelled G-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁad\.
What does "grade" mean?
As a noun, "grade" means: Degré de dignité, d'honneur dans une hiérarchie.
What words are commonly confused with "grade"?
"grade" is commonly confused with "gré", "Gras", "gray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grade" is \ɡʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grade" come from?
"grade" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frigo#6,703Hervé#6,707laine#6,711Chili#6,689

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

durs6 variantsBlues6 variantsseize6 variantsnuage6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list