graphène
\ɡʁa.fɛn\
The verdict
“graphène” is an uncommon French word, ranked #74,044 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,044
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cristal bidimensionnel qui se présente sous la forme d’un feuillet constitué d’un pavage hexagonal régulier d’atomes de carbone et dont l’empilement constitue le graphite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graphène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.fɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graphène” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for graphène is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.fɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #74,044 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cristal bidimensionnel qui se présente sous la forme d’un feuillet constitué d’un pavage hexagonal régulier d’atomes de carbone et dont l’empilement constitue le graphite.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for graphène, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is graphène, spelled G-R-A-P-H-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cristal bidimensionnel qui se présente sous la forme d’un feuillet constitué d’un pavage hexagonal régulier d’atomes de carbone et dont l’empilement constitue le graphite.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “graphène”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-P-H-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁa.fɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.