graduée

\ɡʁa.dɥe\

/\ɡʁa.dɥe\/ adj

The verdict

“graduée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,294
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de gradué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-graduee · graduée · French

graduée · rank #40,294 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,294
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH graduation

Nearest frequency peer: graduation (-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 « graduée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « graduée » 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).

graduée vs gravée
71% similar
graduée vs gravure
71% similar
graduée vs graduel
71% similar

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

Key facts for graduée
PropertyValue
Headwordgraduée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.dɥe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,294
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « graduée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).graduéese 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 « graduation » (#40,293), « Gratien » (#40,295), « gonzesse » (#40,292). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graduée » est au #40,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around graduée (IPA \ɡʁa.dɥe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,294 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de gradué.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for graduée, with forms such as "garduée", "ggraduée", and "gradduée". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gravée", "gravure", "graduel", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is graduée, spelled G-R-A-D-U-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de gradué.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garduée
  • ggraduée
  • gradduée
  • graduee
  • gradueé
  • gradéue
  • graudée
  • grdauée
  • grraduée
  • rgaduée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graduée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

garduée2ggraduée1gradduée1graduee1gradueé2gradéue2graudée2grdauée2
Edit distance from "graduée"

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 "graduée"?
"graduée" is spelled G-R-A-D-U-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.dɥe\.
What does "graduée" mean?
As an adjective, "graduée" means: Féminin singulier de gradué.
What words are commonly confused with "graduée"?
"graduée" is commonly confused with "gravée", "gravure", "graduel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graduée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graduée" is \ɡʁa.dɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graduée" come from?
"graduée" 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 "graduée", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list