gram

\ɡʁam\

/\ɡʁam\/ onomatopoeia

The verdict

“gram” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,051
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce mot n’a pas de sens précis et fait partie d’une comptine enfantine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gram · gram · French

gram · rank #31,051 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,051
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gomes

Nearest frequency peer: Gomes (-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 « gram »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gram » 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).

gram vs gré
50% similar
gram vs gym
50% similar
gram vs gum
50% similar

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

Key facts for gram
PropertyValue
Headwordgram
LanguageFrench
Part of speechOnomatopoeia
IPA\ɡʁam\
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,051
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gram »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gomes » (#31,050), « grimpeur » (#31,052), « Goliath » (#31,049). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gram » est au #31,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around gram (IPA \ɡʁam\), anonomatopoeia. Corpus frequency is #31,051 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ce mot n’a pas de sens précis et fait partie d’une comptine enfantine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gram, with forms such as "garm", "ggram", and "gramm". 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, "gré", "gym", "gum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gram, spelled G-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce mot n’a pas de sens précis et fait partie d’une comptine enfantine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garm
  • ggram
  • gramm
  • grma
  • grram
  • rgam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

garm2ggram1gramm1grma2grram1rgam2
Edit distance from "gram"

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 "gram"?
"gram" is spelled G-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁam\.
What does "gram" mean?
As an onomatopoeia, "gram" means: Ce mot n’a pas de sens précis et fait partie d’une comptine enfantine.
What words are commonly confused with "gram"?
"gram" is commonly confused with "gré", "gym", "gum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gram" is \ɡʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gram" come from?
"gram" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list