graton
\ɡʁa.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“graton” is uncommon French (frequency #87,689 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,689
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de glacier, de verrier. Sorte de râble de métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graton · graton · French
graton · rank #87,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,689
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gravillons
Nearest frequency peer: gravillons (+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 « graton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Grandchamp
Grandchamp
12,315 corpus weight
- grassouillet
grassouillet
12,314 corpus weight
- graton
graton
12,312 corpus weight
- gravillons
gravillons
12,311 corpus weight
- grieux
grieux
12,309 corpus weight
- gringalet
gringalet
12,308 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « graton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « graton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
graton is uncommon French at frequency #87,689 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁa.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for graton in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is graton, spelled G-R-A-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Instrument de glacier, de verrier. Sorte de râble de métal.
- 2Résidus de viande de porc ou de canard gras frits dans de la graisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ressemble assez à un rable, dont la patte, qui est proprement le graton, est beaucoup plus mince, & a trois pouces, sur un pouce & demi. On y adapte un manche d'environ huit piès pour donner à l'ouvrier la facilité de s'en servir sans se brûler.
Glaudius ménagea ses effets. Il repris un graton, se rinça avec modération le corgnolon et reprit.
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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