Grammy

Name: Grammy, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɡʁa.mi\

/\ɡʁa.mi\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Grammy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,339
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récompense américaine du monde de la musique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grammy · Grammy · French

Grammy · rank #25,339 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,339
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH gracieusement

Nearest frequency peer: gracieusement (-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.

glaciaire

74,665
gong

74,664
gracieuseme…

74,663
Grammy

74,662
gronde

74,661
gruyère

74,660

What this shows « Grammy » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Grammy vs gray

50% similar

Grammy vs Grimm

67% similar

Grammy vs Granby

67% similar

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

Key facts for Grammy
Property	Value
Headword	Grammy
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɡʁa.mi\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#25,339
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	10
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Grammy »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Grammyse place ici:

#25,339

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gracieusement » (#25,338), « gronde » (#25,340), « gong » (#25,337). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Grammy » est au #25,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Grammy (IPA \ɡʁa.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,339 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Récompense américaine du monde de la musique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grammy, with forms such as "garmmy", "ggrammy", and "grammyy". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "gray", "Grimm", "Granby", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Grammy, spelled G-R-A-M-M-Y.

Definition

1
Récompense américaine du monde de la musique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Pour info, les AMA sont décernés sur base d’une étude des acheteurs de musique, alors que les Grammys se basent sur les votes de membres de l’industrie de la musique.
Elle a été élue chanson de l’année, et The Police a remporté le Grammy de la meilleure performance pop cette année-là.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

garmmy
ggrammy
grammyy
gramy
gramym
grmamy
grrammy
rgammy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grammy - 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.

Edit distance from "Grammy"

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 "Grammy"?

"Grammy" is spelled G-R-A-M-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.mi\.

What does "Grammy" mean?

As a noun, "Grammy" means: Récompense américaine du monde de la musique.

What words are commonly confused with "Grammy"?

"Grammy" is commonly confused with "gray", "Grimm", "Granby". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Grammy"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grammy" is \ɡʁa.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Grammy" come from?

"Grammy" 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 "Grammy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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