grattez

\ɡʁa.te\

/\ɡʁa.te\/ verb

The verdict

“grattez” is uncommon French (frequency #67,559 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,559
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gratter.

Key facts for grattez
PropertyValue
Headwordgrattez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁa.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “grattez” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). grattez lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grattez is uncommon French at frequency #67,559 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁa.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grattez, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grattez, spelled G-R-A-T-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gratter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de gratter.

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 "grattez"?
"grattez" is spelled G-R-A-T-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.te\.
What does "grattez" mean?
As a verb, "grattez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gratter.
How do you pronounce "grattez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grattez" is \ɡʁa.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grattez" come from?
"grattez" 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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Using “grattez”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-T-T-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡʁa.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list