graphème
\ɡʁa.fɛm\
The verdict
“graphème” 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) - Plus petit groupe de lettres représentant un phonème.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grapheme · graphème · French
graphème · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graphème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.fɛm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « graphème » en français
Rare enough to double-check
graphème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁa.fɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plus petit groupe de lettres représentant un phonème.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for graphème, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is graphème, spelled G-R-A-P-H-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Plus petit groupe de lettres représentant un phonème.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graphème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
on et om sont les graphèmes associés au phonème \ɔ̃\.
La phonologie permet d’associer à un graphème, c’est-à-dire à un groupe de lettres particulier (exemple : le groupe de lettres « ch ») un phonème spécifique. — (Lionel Naccache, Le Nouvel Inconscient : Freud, le Christophe Colomb des neurosciences, Odile Jacob, 2009, page 106)
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.