gratuit

\ɡʁa.tɥi\

/\ɡʁa.tɥi\/ adj

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The verdict

“gratuit” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,080
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on donne librement sans obligation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gratuit · gratuit · French

gratuit · rank #2,080 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,080
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH frontière

Nearest frequency peer: frontière (-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 « gratuit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gratuit » 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).

gratuit vs gravit
71% similar
gratuit vs gratuite
88% similar
gratuit vs gratuits
88% similar

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

Key facts for gratuit
PropertyValue
Headwordgratuit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.tɥi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,080
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gratuit »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gratuitse 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 « frontière » (#2,079), « génie » (#2,081), « forêt » (#2,078). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gratuit » est au #2,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gratuit (IPA \ɡʁa.tɥi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,080 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 gratuit, with forms such as "gartuit", "ggratuit", and "gratiut". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gravit", "gratuite", "gratuits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gratuit, spelled G-R-A-T-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que l’on donne librement sans obligation.
  2. 2
    Qui n’a aucun fondement.
  3. 3
    Qui n’a aucun motif sérieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Privé de ce casuel, il ne nous serait plus possible d’indemniser notre médecin. Conséquence : plus de soins gratuits aux indigents.
  2. Consultations gratuites.

Antonyms

payant

This word in other languages

free(English)gratis(Español)unentgeltlich(Deutsch)grátis(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gartuit
  • ggratuit
  • gratiut
  • grattuit
  • gratuitt
  • gratuti
  • grautit
  • grratuit
  • grtauit
  • rgatuit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

gartuit2ggratuit1gratiut2grattuit1gratuitt1gratuti2grautit2grratuit1
Edit distance from "gratuit"

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 "gratuit"?
"gratuit" is spelled G-R-A-T-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.tɥi\.
What does "gratuit" mean?
As an adjective, "gratuit" means: Que l’on donne librement sans obligation.
What words are commonly confused with "gratuit"?
"gratuit" is commonly confused with "gravit", "gratuite", "gratuits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gratuit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gratuit" is \ɡʁa.tɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gratuit" come from?
"gratuit" 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 "gratuit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mettent#2,088conflit#2,071occuper#2,091pauvres#2,093

Similar misspelling depth

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

arrivent10 variantsapporter10 variantsformule10 variantsdéfaite10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list