graine

/\ɡʁɛn\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,419

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

graine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Organe reproducteur des spermaphytes, formé par l’ovule fécondé et arrivé à maturité, contenant un embryon avec des réserves nutritives et protégé par un tégument. Pronounced \ɡʁɛn\. Often confused with gran and grand.

Key facts for graine
PropertyValue
Headwordgraine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,419
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of graine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for graine is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,419 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for graine, with forms such as "garine", "ggraine", and "graien". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "grand", "grave", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is graine, spelled G-R-A-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe reproducteur des spermaphytes, formé par l’ovule fécondé et arrivé à maturité, contenant un embryon avec des réserves nutritives et protégé par un tégument.
  2. 2
    Pénis, organe reproducteur mâle.
  3. 3
    Personne idiote.
  4. 4
    Œuf de ver à soie.
  5. 5
    Partie solide du noyau de la Terre.
  6. 6
    Idée qui se développe.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garine,ggraine,graien,grainne,granie,griane,grraine,rgaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for graine

Misspelling Variants of "graine"

garine6ggraine7graien6grainne7granie6griane6grraine7rgaine6
Misspelling Variants of "graine"

Frequency rank: #11,419 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "graine"?
"graine" is spelled G-R-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛn\.
What does "graine" mean?
As a noun, "graine" means: Organe reproducteur des spermaphytes, formé par l’ovule fécondé et arrivé à maturité, contenant un embryon avec des réserves nutritives et protégé par un tégument.
What words are commonly confused with "graine"?
"graine" is commonly confused with "gran", "grand", "grave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graine" is \ɡʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graine" come from?
"graine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.