gratin
\ɡʁa.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“gratin” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #21,028 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,028
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manière d’apprêter certains mets avec de la chapelure de pain, du fromage ou de la crème.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gratin is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.tɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,028 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gratin, with forms such as "gartin", "ggratin", and "graitn". 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, "gravi", "gratte", "gratos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gratin, spelled G-R-A-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Manière d’apprêter certains mets avec de la chapelure de pain, du fromage ou de la crème.
- 2Élite mondaine.
- 3La partie de certains mets liquides, farineux, etc., qui reste attachée au fond des récipients dans lesquels on les a fait cuire, et qui est souvent rousse et brûlée.
- 4Partie des matières fécales adhérentes aux parois et au fond des fosses d’aisances.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gartin,ggratin,graitn,gratinn,gratni,grattin,grratin,grtain,rgatin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gratin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gratin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁa.tɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gravi” - see the side-by-side comparison. gratin vs gravi
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.