gratuitement

\ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\

/\ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“gratuitement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,825
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière gratuite, pour rien, sans rétribution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gratuitement · gratuitement · French

gratuitement · rank #2,825 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,825
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gouverneur

Nearest frequency peer: gouverneur (-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 « gratuitement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gratuitement » 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
Key facts for gratuitement
PropertyValue
Headwordgratuitement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,825
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gratuitement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gratuitementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gouverneur » (#2,824), « incendie » (#2,826), « foot » (#2,823). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gratuitement » est au #2,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around gratuitement (IPA \ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #2,825 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for gratuitement, with forms such as "gartuitement", "ggratuitement", and "gratiutement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gratuitement, spelled G-R-A-T-U-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière gratuite, pour rien, sans rétribution.
  2. 2
    Sans fondement, sans motif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les rebouteux et les rebouteuses étaient également tolérés et même protégés, pourvu dit un arrêt de 1732, qu'ils exercent leur profession gratuitement ce qu'il était, même à cette époque, bien difficile de croire.
  2. Satan lui répondit : Est-ce gratuitement que Job craint Dieu ?

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gartuitement
  • ggratuitement
  • gratiutement
  • grattuitement
  • gratuietment
  • gratuiteemnt
  • gratuitemennt
  • gratuitementt
  • gratuitemetn
  • gratuitemment
  • gratuitemnet
  • gratuitmeent
  • gratuittement
  • gratutiement
  • grautitement
  • grratuitement
  • grtauitement
  • rgatuitement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gratuitement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gartuitement2ggratuitement1gratiutement2grattuitement1gratuietment2gratuiteemnt2gratuitemennt1gratuitementt1
Edit distance from "gratuitement"

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 "gratuitement"?
"gratuitement" is spelled G-R-A-T-U-I-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\.
What does "gratuitement" mean?
As an adverb, "gratuitement" means: D’une manière gratuite, pour rien, sans rétribution.
What are common misspellings of "gratuitement"?
Common misspellings include "gartuitement", "ggratuitement", "gratiutement", "grattuitement", "gratuietment". The correct spelling is "gratuitement".
How do you pronounce "gratuitement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gratuitement" is \ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gratuitement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list