gratter du papier
\ɡʁa.te dy pa.pje\
The verdict
“gratter du papier” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parfois Écrire ; l’utilisation péjorative du terme suggère que l’action est inutile
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratter du papier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.te dy pa.pje\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratter du papier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gratter du papier is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.te dy pa.pje\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parfois Écrire ; l’utilisation péjorative du terme suggère que l’action est inutile".
gratter du papier has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gratter du papier, spelled G-R-A-T-T-E-R- -D-U- -P-A-P-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Parfois Écrire ; l’utilisation péjorative du terme suggère que l’action est inutile
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.
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Using “gratter du papier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-T-T-E-R- -D-U- -P-A-P-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁa.te dy pa.pje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.