grattage

\ɡʁa.taʒ\

/\ɡʁa.taʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“grattage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,642. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,642
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-grattage · grattage · French

grattage · rank #45,642 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,642
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grabuge

Nearest frequency peer: grabuge (-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 « grattage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grattage » 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).

grattage vs gratte
75% similar
grattage vs grattant
75% similar

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

Key facts for grattage
PropertyValue
Headwordgrattage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.taʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,642
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grattage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grattagese 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 « grabuge » (#45,641), « grimoire » (#45,643), « Gournay » (#45,640). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grattage » est au #45,642. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grattage (IPA \ɡʁa.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,642 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grattage, with forms such as "garttage", "ggrattage", and "gratage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "gratte", "grattant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grattage, spelled G-R-A-T-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de gratter.
  2. 2
    Vol, chourave.
  3. 3
    Action commise par un faussaire pour retirer une mention (comme le nom) d’un papier officiel pour la remplacer par une autre et fabriquer ainsi un faux document à partir d’un vrai.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une chance au grattage, une chance au tirage.
  2. J’ai des mycoses, des infections bactériennes, un eczéma atopique généralisé, c’est une véritable infection, je suis en train de pourrir sur place et tout le monde s’en fout, personne ne peut rien pour moi, j’ai été honteusement abandonné par la médecine, qu’est-ce qu’il me reste à faire ? Me gratter, me gratter sans relâche, c’est ça qu’est devenue ma vi…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garttage
  • ggrattage
  • gratage
  • gratatge
  • grattaeg
  • grattagge
  • grattgae
  • grrattage
  • grtatage
  • rgattage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

garttage2ggrattage1gratage1gratatge2grattaeg2grattagge1grattgae2grrattage1
Edit distance from "grattage"

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 "grattage"?
"grattage" is spelled G-R-A-T-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.taʒ\.
What does "grattage" mean?
As a noun, "grattage" means: Action de gratter.
What words are commonly confused with "grattage"?
"grattage" is commonly confused with "gratte", "grattant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grattage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grattage" is \ɡʁa.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grattage" come from?
"grattage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grattage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list