graine

\ɡʁɛn\

/\ɡʁɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“graine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,419
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-graine · graine · French

graine · rank #11,419 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,419
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH générateur

Nearest frequency peer: générateur (+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 « graine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « graine » 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).

graine vs gran
67% similar
graine vs grand
67% similar
graine vs grave
67% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « graine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grainese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « générateur » (#11,420), « Ghana » (#11,417), « gendarme » (#11,416). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graine » est au #11,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around graine (IPA \ɡʁɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,419 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for graine, with forms such as "garine", "ggraine", and "graien". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "grand", "grave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is graine, spelled G-R-A-I-N-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Malgré son excessive floribondité, elle donne rarement des graines, et on en est réduit à la multiplier de boutures et de couchages.
  2. Si cela a brûlé très fort, il peut y avoir de l’installation de mousse pendant quelques années, avec des tapis parfois denses qui vont empêcher des graines de bruyère, d’ajonc ou des graminées de venir recoloniser tout de suite.

Synonyms

semence

This word in other languages

seed(English)grano(Español)Samen(Deutsch)semente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garine
  • ggraine
  • graien
  • grainne
  • granie
  • griane
  • grraine
  • rgaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

garine2ggraine1graien2grainne1granie2griane2grraine1rgaine2
Edit distance from "graine"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Galles#11,415Fleury#11,411fatale#11,407marvel#11,436

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

posés8 variantscoiffeur8 variantschips8 variantscerise8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list