granit

\ɡʁa.nit\

/\ɡʁa.nit\/ noun

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The verdict

“granit” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,687
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche plutonique, dure, d’aspect granuleux et de teinte variable, composée de feldspath, de mica et de quartz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-granit · granit · French

granit · rank #14,687 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,687
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gibier

Nearest frequency peer: gibier (-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 « granit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « granit » 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).

granit vs grant
83% similar
granit vs gravi
67% similar
granit vs gratis
67% similar

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

Key facts for granit
PropertyValue
Headwordgranit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.nit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,687
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « granit »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gibier » (#14,686), « grièvement » (#14,688), « gap » (#14,684). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « granit » est au #14,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around granit (IPA \ɡʁa.nit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,687 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for granit, with forms such as "garnit", "ggranit", and "graint". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grant", "gravi", "gratis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is granit, spelled G-R-A-N-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roche plutonique, dure, d’aspect granuleux et de teinte variable, composée de feldspath, de mica et de quartz.
  2. 2
    Roche plutonique, dure, d’aspect granuleux et de teinte variable, composée de feldspath, de mica et de quartz.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’une couverture dont l’aspect est grenu.
  4. 4
    Granit belge : nom donné improprement à une variété de marbre noir moucheté de blanc

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La marbrure foncée des granits.
  2. Le sol est composé presque exclusivement de granit, et les ruines sont bâties en granit; c'est dans cette roche ou près de son contact avec d'autres que se trouvent les filons aurifères anciennement exploités dans la région de Zimbabwé.

This word in other languages

granito(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garnit
  • ggranit
  • graint
  • granitt
  • grannit
  • granti
  • grnait
  • grranit
  • rganit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of granit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

garnit2ggranit1graint2granitt1grannit1granti2grnait2grranit1
Edit distance from "granit"

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 "granit"?
"granit" is spelled G-R-A-N-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.nit\.
What does "granit" mean?
As a noun, "granit" means: Roche plutonique, dure, d’aspect granuleux et de teinte variable, composée de feldspath, de mica et de quartz.
What words are commonly confused with "granit"?
"granit" is commonly confused with "grant", "gravi", "gratis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "granit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "granit" is \ɡʁa.nit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "granit" come from?
"granit" 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 "granit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

gibier#14,686drames#14,660dopage#14,659martel#14,728

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list