gray
\ɡʁe\
The verdict
“gray” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,973
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de dose absorbée du Système international (SI), définie comme valant 1 joule par kilogramme. Son symbole est Gy.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gray · gray · French
gray · rank #12,973 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,973
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gazette
Nearest frequency peer: gazette (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gray”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fondées
fondées
87,031 corpus weight
- Gatineau
Gatineau
87,030 corpus weight
- gazette
gazette
87,029 corpus weight
- gray
gray
87,028 corpus weight
- grecques
grecques
87,027 corpus weight
- grenades
grenades
87,026 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gray” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gray |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁe\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “gray” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gray (IPA \ɡʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,973 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de mesure de dose absorbée du Système international (SI), définie comme valant 1 joule par kilogramme. Son symbole est Gy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gray, with forms such as "ggray", "grayy", and "grray". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "gré", "GRC", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gray, spelled G-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de dose absorbée du Système international (SI), définie comme valant 1 joule par kilogramme. Son symbole est Gy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggray
- grayy
- grray
- grya
- rgay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gray - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gray", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "gray". Here's where to go from here.
- "gray" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "guy". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,973 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.