gramme

\ɡʁam\

/\ɡʁam\/ noun

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The verdict

“gramme” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,437
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gramme · gramme · French

gramme · rank #17,437 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,437
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gluten

Nearest frequency peer: gluten (-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 « gramme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gramme » 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).

gramme vs grave
67% similar
gramme vs Grimm
50% similar
gramme vs grande
67% similar

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

Key facts for gramme
PropertyValue
Headwordgramme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁam\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,437
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gramme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grammese 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 « gluten » (#17,436), « grandissante » (#17,438), « glaciers » (#17,435). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gramme » est au #17,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gramme (IPA \ɡʁam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,437 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    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 densité.
  2. 2
    Désigne une petite quantité de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Taux d’alcool dans le sang, en parlant d'une alcoolémie (qui s'exprime généralement en grammes par litre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gramme, le poids absolu d'un volume d'eau pure égal au cube de la centième partie du mètre, et à la température de la glace fondante.
  2. Le rocroi est à section carrée, de 12 cm de côté et 2,5 cm d'épaisseur, pour un poids de 180 grammes environ. Il est fait de lait écrémé.

This word in other languages

gram(English)gramo(Español)Gramm(Deutsch)grama(Português)

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.

garmme2ggramme1grame1gramem2grmame2grramme1rgamme2
Edit distance from "gramme"

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 "gramme"?
"gramme" is spelled G-R-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁam\.
What does "gramme" mean?
As a noun, "gramme" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "gramme"?
"gramme" is commonly confused with "grave", "Grimm", "grande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gramme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gramme" is \ɡʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gramme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gluten#17,436gravée#17,439Giroud#17,434grâces#17,441

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Laurie7 variantslonge7 variantsMüller7 variantsosseuse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list