gramme

/\ɡʁam\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,437

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gramme is aFrenchnoun. It 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... Pronounced \ɡʁam\. Often confused with grave and Grimm.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gramme is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grave", "Grimm", "grande", 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 gramme, spelled G-R-A-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garmme,ggramme,grame,gramem,grmame,grramme,rgamme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gramme

Misspelling Variants of "gramme"

garmme6ggramme7grame5gramem6grmame6grramme7rgamme6
Misspelling Variants of "gramme"

Frequency rank: #17,437 in French

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?
"gramme" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.