gradins

\ɡʁa.dɛ̃\

/\ɡʁa.dɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“gradins” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,496
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gradin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gradins · gradins · French

gradins · rank #18,496 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,496
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gilets

Nearest frequency peer: gilets (-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 « gradins »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gradins » 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).

gradins vs grain
71% similar
gradins vs grains
86% similar
gradins vs graine
71% similar

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

Key facts for gradins
PropertyValue
Headwordgradins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.dɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,496
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gradins »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gradinsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gilets » (#18,495), « gran » (#18,497), « generation » (#18,494). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gradins » est au #18,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around gradins (IPA \ɡʁa.dɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,496 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gradin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gradins, with forms such as "gardins", "ggradins", and "graddins". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grain", "grains", "graine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gradins, spelled G-R-A-D-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gradin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gardins
  • ggradins
  • graddins
  • gradinns
  • gradinss
  • gradisn
  • gradnis
  • graidns
  • grdains
  • grradins
  • rgadins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gradins - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gardins2ggradins1graddins1gradinns1gradinss1gradisn2gradnis2graidns2
Edit distance from "gradins"

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 "gradins"?
"gradins" is spelled G-R-A-D-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.dɛ̃\.
What does "gradins" mean?
As a noun, "gradins" means: Pluriel de gradin.
What words are commonly confused with "gradins"?
"gradins" is commonly confused with "grain", "grains", "graine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gradins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gradins" is \ɡʁa.dɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gradins" come from?
"gradins" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list