graduation
\ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“graduation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,293
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de graduer un objet, en plaçant des repères régulièrement espacés, dans le but d'effectuer des mesures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graduation · graduation · French
graduation · rank #40,293 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,293
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gonzesse
Nearest frequency peer: gonzesse (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “graduation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gloires
gloires
59,710 corpus weight
- gonzesse
gonzesse
59,709 corpus weight
- graduation
graduation
59,708 corpus weight
- graduée
graduée
59,707 corpus weight
- Gratien
Gratien
59,706 corpus weight
- grisâtre
grisâtre
59,704 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “graduation” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | graduation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “graduation” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around graduation (IPA \ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,293 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for graduation, with forms such as "garduation", "ggraduation", and "gradaution". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gradation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is graduation, spelled G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de graduer un objet, en plaçant des repères régulièrement espacés, dans le but d'effectuer des mesures.
- 2Ensemble ou chacun des repères marqués sur l'objet gradué.
- 3Codage de son ou d'image produisant un signal numérique dont on peut utiliser une partie plus ou moins grande correspondant à une qualité plus ou moins bonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graduation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La graduation d’un thermomètre, d’un baromètre, d’une échelle, d’un cadran solaire, d'un biberon.
Le kutch ou règle d’architecte est une règle à échelle qui permet grâce aux graduations de différentes échelles une lecture et une réalisation rapide des plans en évitant de savants calculs de conversion."
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garduation
- ggraduation
- gradaution
- gradduation
- graduaiton
- graduatino
- graduationn
- graduatoin
- graduattion
- gradutaion
- graudation
- grdauation
- grraduation
- rgaduation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graduation - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "graduation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "gradation". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,293 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.