grainage
\ɡʁɛ.naʒ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grainage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ.naʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grainage » en français
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
- 1Opération par laquelle on rend une surface grenue, rugueuse.
- 2Transformation en grains de la poudre à canon.
- 3Production et récolte des œufs du ver à soie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grainage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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…
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.