gratos

\ɡʁa.tos\

/\ɡʁa.tos\/ adj

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The verdict

“gratos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,458
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gratos · gratos · French

gratos · rank #20,458 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,458
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH généalogique

Nearest frequency peer: généalogique (+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 « gratos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gratos » 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).

gratos vs gros
67% similar
gratos vs graves
67% similar
gratos vs gratte
67% similar

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

Key facts for gratos
PropertyValue
Headwordgratos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.tos\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,458
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gratos »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gratosse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « généalogique » (#20,459), « Godard » (#20,456), « hollandaise » (#20,460). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gratos » est au #20,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gratos (IPA \ɡʁa.tos\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,458 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gratuit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gratos, with forms such as "gartos", "ggratos", and "graots". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "gros", "graves", "gratte", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gratos, spelled G-R-A-T-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gratuit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vos chantages à nos allocations en échange d’« activités » gratos façon TIG (Travaux d’Intérêt Général), on n’en veut pas et on se laissera pas faire. On les connaît vos « accompagnements », vos « dispositifs d’insertion », et les prestataires à qui vous faites appel pour nous foutre au turbin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gartos
  • ggratos
  • graots
  • gratoss
  • gratso
  • grattos
  • grratos
  • grtaos
  • rgatos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gratos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gartos2ggratos1graots2gratoss1gratso2grattos1grratos1grtaos2
Edit distance from "gratos"

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 "gratos"?
"gratos" is spelled G-R-A-T-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.tos\.
What does "gratos" mean?
As an adjective, "gratos" means: Gratuit.
What words are commonly confused with "gratos"?
"gratos" is commonly confused with "gros", "graves", "gratte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gratos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gratos" is \ɡʁa.tos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gratos" come from?
"gratos" 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 "gratos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Godard#20,456Giraud#20,455homard#20,461Hyères#20,463

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

immigré9 variantsingrat9 variantsintrus9 variantsdurées9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list