grainage

\ɡʁɛ.naʒ\

/\ɡʁɛ.naʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“grainage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opération par laquelle on rend une surface grenue, rugueuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grainage · grainage · French

grainage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for grainage
PropertyValue
Headwordgrainage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɛ.naʒ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grainage » en français

grainagereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grainage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛ.naʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

grainage has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grainage, spelled G-R-A-I-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opération par laquelle on rend une surface grenue, rugueuse.
  2. 2
    Transformation en grains de la poudre à canon.
  3. 3
    Production et récolte des œufs du ver à soie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce grainage ne peut pas se faire par les acides, et en enlevant de la matière, sans nuire aux ajustements, qui demandent une grande précision tandis qu'un grainage en creux par corrosion, fait paraître la dorure plus rouge à cause de la réflexion, comme cela arrive à l'intérieur des vases dorés qui paraissent plus haut en couleur qu'ils ne le sont réellem…
  2. Cette surface, micrograinée à l'abrasif ou par un grainage électrolytique assure une excellente adhérence de la couche et une bonne qualité hydrophile.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grainage"?
"grainage" is spelled G-R-A-I-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛ.naʒ\.
What does "grainage" mean?
As a noun, "grainage" means: Opération par laquelle on rend une surface grenue, rugueuse.
How do you pronounce "grainage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grainage" is \ɡʁɛ.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grainage" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list