graduation
\ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“graduation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,293 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,293
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de graduer un objet, en plaçant des repères régulièrement espacés, dans le but d'effectuer des mesures.
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) |
Where “graduation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for graduation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,293 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “graduation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gradation” - see the side-by-side comparison. graduation vs gradation
- 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.