graduévsGraemeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gradué is a adjective, Graeme is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gradué” is an adjective and “Graeme” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,482
“gradué” frequency rank
#49,684
“Graeme” frequency rank
94166
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gradué Graeme
Definition Sur lequel sont portées des marques à intervalles réguliers afin de permettre la mesure. Prénom masculin anglais.

Letter map: gradué vs Graeme

Shared letters muted; letters that set gradué and Graeme apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gradué (CCVCVV) and Graeme (CCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
gradué
6 ch
Graeme

Role in the sentence - gradué and Graeme

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gradué is anadjective and Graemeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94166, 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\. Graeme is at rank #49,684, tagged as aname.

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 94166, this pair ranks #1,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gradué vs Graeme

Shared letters: agr. Private to "gradué": dué. Private to "Graeme": em.

"gradué" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV  ·  "Graeme" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Graemegareme · ggraeme · graeem · graemme · gramee · greame · grraeme · rgaeme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gradué" for "Graeme" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gradué" is an adjective and "Graeme" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "gradué" or "Graeme" show up more?
"gradué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,482 in our French list, against #49,684 for "Graeme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "gradué" vs "Graeme" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gradué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Graeme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gradué" and "Graeme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gracie vs Graeme". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,803 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list