graisse

/\ɡʁɛs\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,012

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

graisse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Substance onctueuse, de peu de consistance et fondant facilement, dite en chimie corps gras et répandue en diverses parties du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal. Pronounced \ɡʁɛs\. It ranks #9,012 in French word frequency. Often confused with grise and grass.

Key facts for graisse
PropertyValue
Headwordgraisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɛs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,012
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for graisse is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,012 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for graisse, with forms such as "garisse", "ggraisse", and "graise". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grise", "grass", "grosse", 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 graisse, spelled G-R-A-I-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance onctueuse, de peu de consistance et fondant facilement, dite en chimie corps gras et répandue en diverses parties du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal.
  2. 2
    Substance onctueuse et aisée à fondre tirée du corps des animaux, servant à diverses utilisations, notamment dans le domaine de la cuisine et de la cosmétique.
  3. 3
    Corps gras utilisé pour les besoins de l’industrie d’origine diverses, aussi bien organique que minéral.
  4. 4
    Corps gras, le plus souvent minéral, servant de lubrifiant pour les systèmes mécaniques.
  5. 5
    Altération qui se produit dans les vins, les cidres, etc., et qui les fait filer comme de l’huile.
  6. 6
    Épaisseur du trait ou du jambage d’un caractère ou d'une police.
  7. 7
    Fertilité de la terre, du sol (→ voir engrais).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garisse,ggraisse,graise,graises,grasise,griasse,grraisse,rgaisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for graisse

Misspelling Variants of "graisse"

garisse7ggraisse8graise6graises7grasise7griasse7grraisse8rgaisse7
Misspelling Variants of "graisse"

Frequency rank: #9,012 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "graisse"?
"graisse" is spelled G-R-A-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛs\.
What does "graisse" mean?
As a noun, "graisse" means: Substance onctueuse, de peu de consistance et fondant facilement, dite en chimie corps gras et répandue en diverses parties du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal.
What words are commonly confused with "graisse"?
"graisse" is commonly confused with "grise", "grass", "grosse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graisse" is \ɡʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graisse" come from?
"graisse" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.