upgrade

\œp.ɡʁad\

/\œp.ɡʁad\/ verb

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The verdict

“upgrade” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,934
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de upgrader.

Corpus desk

Index FR-upgrade · upgrade · French

upgrade · rank #45,934 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,934
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH Universalis

Nearest frequency peer: Universalis (-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 « upgrade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « upgrade » 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 upgrade
PropertyValue
Headwordupgrade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\œp.ɡʁad\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,934
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « upgrade »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.upgradese 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 « Universalis » (#45,933), « tuerais » (#45,932), « vaccinale » (#45,936). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « upgrade » est au #45,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around upgrade (IPA \œp.ɡʁad\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,934 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for upgrade, with forms such as "pugrade", "ugprade", and "upgarde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 upgrade, spelled U-P-G-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de upgrader.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de upgrader.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de upgrader.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de upgrader.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de upgrader.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pugrade
  • ugprade
  • upgarde
  • upggrade
  • upgradde
  • upgraed
  • upgrdae
  • upgrrade
  • uppgrade
  • uprgade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pugrade2ugprade2upgarde2upggrade1upgradde1upgraed2upgrdae2upgrrade1
Edit distance from "upgrade"

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 "upgrade"?
"upgrade" is spelled U-P-G-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \œp.ɡʁad\.
What does "upgrade" mean?
As a verb, "upgrade" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de upgrader.
What are common misspellings of "upgrade"?
Common misspellings include "pugrade", "ugprade", "upgarde", "upggrade", "upgradde". The correct spelling is "upgrade".
How do you pronounce "upgrade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "upgrade" is \œp.ɡʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "upgrade" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tuerais#45,932truquer#45,929Vaughan#45,939viviers#45,947

Similar misspelling depth

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

vaudoise10 variantstriennal10 variantstigresse10 variantsThalys10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list