Gras

\ɡʁa\

/\ɡʁa\/ name

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The verdict

“Gras” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,680) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,680
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gras · Gras · French

Gras · rank #3,680 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,680
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fleuve

Nearest frequency peer: fleuve (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Gras »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Gras » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

Gras vs Gs
50% similar
Gras vs gré
25% similar
Gras vs gus
25% similar

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

Key facts for Gras
PropertyValue
HeadwordGras
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡʁa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,680
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Gras »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Grasse 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 « fleuve » (#3,679), « générations » (#3,681), « file » (#3,678). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gras » est au #3,680. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Gras is neighbouring look-alikes ("Gs", "gré", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \ɡʁa\. Frequency #3,680 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gras, with forms such as "ggras", "grras", and "grsa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gs", "gré", "gus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gras, spelled G-R-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À Nice même, Pierre Abraham et Gabrielle Gras avaient été amenés à tenir, rue de France, une librairie, vivante comme un journal clandestin, les passants y amenant des nouvelles de Paris et d’ailleurs.
  2. Limitées par leur taille, les études de Sanofi n’ont « pas un niveau de preuve qui permet de savoir ce qui va se passer en France en hiver », a reconnu Christèle Gras-Le Guen, pédiatre chargée d’accompagner le déploiement du traitement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggras
  • grras
  • grsa
  • rgas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggras1grras1grsa2rgas2
Edit distance from "Gras"

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 "Gras"?
"Gras" is spelled G-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa\.
What does "Gras" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gras" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Gras"?
"Gras" is commonly confused with "Gs", "gré", "gus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gras" is \ɡʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gras" come from?
"Gras" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

file#3,678vend#3,720open#3,628déçu#3,752

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list