graphène

\ɡʁa.fɛn\

/\ɡʁa.fɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“graphène” is uncommon French (frequency #74,044 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,044
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-graphene · graphène · French

graphène · rank #74,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,044
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grammys

Nearest frequency peer: Grammys (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « graphène »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « graphène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for graphène
PropertyValue
Headwordgraphène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.fɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « graphène » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).graphènetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Grammys » (#74,043), « Gower » (#74,042), « Gwendolyn » (#74,046). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graphène » est au #74,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

graphène is uncommon French at frequency #74,044 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁa.fɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un nanotube de carbone, c'est aussi une usine. Des chercheurs finlandais (université Aalto) ont synthétisé des nanorubans de graphène - autre variété de carbone - à l'intérieur de nanotubes.
  2. Les masques FFP2 contenant du graphène, un matériau synthétique, doivent être évités par précaution.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "graphène"?
"graphène" is spelled G-R-A-P-H-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.fɛn\.
What does "graphène" mean?
As a noun, "graphène" means: 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.
How do you pronounce "graphène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graphène" is \ɡʁa.fɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graphène" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "graphène", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list