grammème

\ɡʁa.mɛm\

/\ɡʁa.mɛm\/ noun

The verdict

“grammème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morphème grammatical, qui fait partie d'une liste finie d’entrées de la langue. Un grammème est un « mot fonctionnel » qui donne une structure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grammeme · grammème · French

grammème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for grammème
PropertyValue
Headwordgrammème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.mɛm\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grammème » en français

grammèmereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grammème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁa.mɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Morphème grammatical, qui fait partie d'une liste finie d’entrées de la langue. Un grammème est un « mot fonctionnel » qui donne une structure.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for grammème in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grammème, spelled G-R-A-M-M-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morphème grammatical, qui fait partie d'une liste finie d’entrées de la langue. Un grammème est un « mot fonctionnel » qui donne une structure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Exemples : je (pronom), un (déterminant), trop (adverbe), dans (préposition)
  2. L’aspect qui est le produit de la co-occurrence du lexème et du grammème est plus complexe que celui du lexème.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grammème"?
"grammème" is spelled G-R-A-M-M-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.mɛm\.
What does "grammème" mean?
As a noun, "grammème" means: Morphème grammatical, qui fait partie d'une liste finie d’entrées de la langue. Un grammème est un « mot fonctionnel » qui donne une structure.
How do you pronounce "grammème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grammème" is \ɡʁa.mɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grammème" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list