Which to use
“gradué” and “graduée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,482
- “gradué” frequency rank
- #40,294
- “graduée” frequency rank
- 84776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gradué | graduée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sur lequel sont portées des marques à intervalles réguliers afin de permettre la mesure. | Féminin singulier de gradué. |
Same sound, different letters: gradué vs graduée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gradué runs 6 letters (CCVCVV) against graduée's 7 (CCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gradué / graduée
This is the hard kind. gradué and graduée are pronounced identically (\ɡʁa.dɥe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gradué” sits inside “graduée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gradué is recorded at frequency rank #44,482, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.dɥe\. graduée is at rank #40,294, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.dɥe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 84776, this pair ranks #12,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gradué vs graduée
Shared letters: adgrué. Private to "gradué": -. Private to "graduée": e.
"gradué" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "graduée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gradué" for "graduée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gradué" vs "graduée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "gradué" / "graduée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "gradué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graduée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gradué" and "graduée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gradué vs Graeme". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #12,394 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.