grattoir
\ɡʁa.twaʁ\
The verdict
“grattoir” is uncommon French (frequency #85,764 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,764
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Outil ou instrument utilisé pour gratter ou pour racler.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grattoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grattoir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grattoir is uncommon French at frequency #85,764 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁa.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
grattoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grattoir, spelled G-R-A-T-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Outil ou instrument utilisé pour gratter ou pour racler.
- 2Instrument propre à gratter le papier, le parchemin, etc., pour en enlever l’écriture ou les taches.
- 3Type d’outil préhistorique en silex taillé et retouché.
- 4Grille ou lame où l’on gratte ses chaussures avant d’entrer dans une maison; décrottoir ; gratte-pieds.
- 5Outil manuel d’ajusteur, généralement de section triangulaire, qui fonctionne par arrachement d’un copeau.
This word in other languages
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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Using “grattoir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-T-T-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁa.twaʁ\ (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.