graduelle

\ɡʁa.dɥɛl\

/\ɡʁa.dɥɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“graduelle” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,981
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-graduelle · graduelle · French

graduelle · rank #31,981 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,981
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gourcuff

Nearest frequency peer: Gourcuff (-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 « graduelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « graduelle » 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).

graduelle vs graduée
67% similar
graduelle vs graduel
78% similar

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

Key facts for graduelle
PropertyValue
Headwordgraduelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.dɥɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,981
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « graduelle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).graduellese 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 « Gourcuff » (#31,980), « Grosjean » (#31,982), « gouin » (#31,979). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graduelle » est au #31,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around graduelle (IPA \ɡʁa.dɥɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,981 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de graduel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for graduelle, with forms such as "garduelle", "ggraduelle", and "gradduelle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "graduée", "graduel", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is graduelle, spelled G-R-A-D-U-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de graduel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La plupart des saltationnistes acceptent l’idée d’une évolution graduelle de petite ampleur, mais ils considèrent que les grands changements, comme l’apparition de nouveaux organes, de nouvelles espèces ou de nouveaux genres, se font par des sauts évolutifs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garduelle
  • ggraduelle
  • gradduelle
  • gradeulle
  • graduele
  • graduelel
  • gradulele
  • graudelle
  • grdauelle
  • grraduelle
  • rgaduelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graduelle - 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.

garduelle2ggraduelle1gradduelle1gradeulle2graduele1graduelel2gradulele2graudelle2
Edit distance from "graduelle"

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 "graduelle"?
"graduelle" is spelled G-R-A-D-U-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.dɥɛl\.
What does "graduelle" mean?
As an adjective, "graduelle" means: Féminin singulier de graduel.
What words are commonly confused with "graduelle"?
"graduelle" is commonly confused with "graduée", "graduel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graduelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graduelle" is \ɡʁa.dɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graduelle" come from?
"graduelle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frictions#31,967flashback#31,963idyllique#32,000fatidique#31,959

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

hasards11 variantshydrate11 variantsdroiture11 variantsdompter11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list