graduées

\ɡʁa.dɥe\

/\ɡʁa.dɥe\/ adj

The verdict

“graduées” is uncommon French (frequency #85,763 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,763
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-graduees · graduées · French

graduées · rank #85,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,763
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goodall

Nearest frequency peer: Goodall (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « graduées »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « graduées » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for graduées
PropertyValue
Headwordgraduées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.dɥe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,763
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « graduées » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).graduéestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Goodall » (#85,762), « grattoir » (#85,764), « grattoirs » (#85,765). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graduées » est au #85,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

graduées is uncommon French at frequency #85,763 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.dɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de gradué.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for graduées in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is graduées, spelled G-R-A-D-U-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de gradué.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour le reste, Robin Goffaux évoque la nécessité de réponses graduées, en fonction de l’importance particulière du site.

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 "graduées"?
"graduées" is spelled G-R-A-D-U-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.dɥe\.
What does "graduées" mean?
As an adjective, "graduées" means: Féminin pluriel de gradué.
How do you pronounce "graduées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graduées" is \ɡʁa.dɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graduées" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list