gramme
\ɡʁam\
The verdict
“gramme” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #17,437 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,437
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ kilogrammes, et dont le symbole est g. À l’origine le gramme représentait la masse d’un centimètre cube d’eau au maximum de sa de...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gramme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gramme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gramme is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁam\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,437 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gramme, with forms such as "garmme", "ggramme", and "grame". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grave", "Grimm", "grande", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gramme, spelled G-R-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ kilogrammes, et dont le symbole est g. À l’origine le gramme représentait la masse d’un centimètre cube d’eau au maximum de sa densité.
- 2Désigne une petite quantité de quelque chose.
- 3Taux d’alcool dans le sang, en parlant d'une alcoolémie (qui s'exprime généralement en grammes par litre).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garmme,ggramme,grame,gramem,grmame,grramme,rgamme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gramme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “gramme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grave” - see the side-by-side comparison. gramme vs grave
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.