gratoche
\ɡʁa.tɔʃ\
The verdict
“gratoche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gratuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gratoche · gratoche · French
gratoche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratoche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.tɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gratoche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gratoche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.tɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gratuit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gratoche in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gratoche, spelled G-R-A-T-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Gratuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gratoche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En plus de ce que vous m’avez donné pour mes frais de comptoir, j’y ai déjà gagné un bourbon gratoche et six cent zorros, c’est bon pour moi.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.