gratuitement
\ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“gratuitement” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,825 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #2,825
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière gratuite, pour rien, sans rétribution.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratuitement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratuitement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gratuitement is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,825 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1D’une manière gratuite, pour rien, sans rétribution.
- 2Sans fondement, sans motif.
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.
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 “gratuitement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-T-U-I-T-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁa.tɥit.mɑ̃\ (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
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.