graduel
\ɡʁad.ɥɛl\
The verdict
“graduel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,963
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui va par degrés.
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 | graduel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁad.ɥɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graduel” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around graduel (IPA \ɡʁad.ɥɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,963 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui va par degrés.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for graduel, with forms such as "garduel", "ggraduel", and "gradduel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gravel", "graduelle", "grade", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is graduel, spelled G-R-A-D-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui va par degrés.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garduel
- ggraduel
- gradduel
- gradeul
- graduell
- gradule
- graudel
- grdauel
- grraduel
- rgaduel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graduel - 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.
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 “graduel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-D-U-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁad.ɥɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gravel” - see the side-by-side comparison. graduel vs gravel
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.