Gratien

\ɡʁa.sjɛ̃\

/\ɡʁa.sjɛ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Gratien” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,295
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gratien · Gratien · French

Gratien · rank #40,295 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,295
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH graduée

Nearest frequency peer: graduée (-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 « Gratien »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gratien » 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).

Gratien vs gratte
57% similar
Gratien vs gratis
57% similar
Gratien vs gratin
71% similar

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

Key facts for Gratien
PropertyValue
HeadwordGratien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡʁa.sjɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,295
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gratien »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Gratiense 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 « graduée » (#40,294), « graduation » (#40,293), « grisâtre » (#40,297). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gratien » est au #40,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gratien (IPA \ɡʁa.sjɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,295 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gratien, with forms such as "gartien", "ggratien", and "graiten". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "gratte", "gratis", "gratin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Gratien, spelled G-R-A-T-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le soir même Gratien se promenait innocemment dans la ville, tenant par la main son jeune fils de trois ans, il flânait, allant de boutique en boutique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gartien
  • ggratien
  • graiten
  • gratein
  • gratienn
  • gratine
  • grattien
  • grratien
  • grtaien
  • rgatien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

gartien2ggratien1graiten2gratein2gratienn1gratine2grattien1grratien1
Edit distance from "Gratien"

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 "Gratien"?
"Gratien" is spelled G-R-A-T-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.sjɛ̃\.
What does "Gratien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gratien" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Gratien"?
"Gratien" is commonly confused with "gratte", "gratis", "gratin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gratien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gratien" is \ɡʁa.sjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gratien" come from?
"Gratien" 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 "Gratien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

graduée#40,294gloires#40,291guidera#40,299génital#40,302

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gonzesse10 variantshuskies10 variantsFortier10 variantsflaques10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list