Which to use
“gratin” and “gratton” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,028
- “gratin” frequency rank
- #47,924
- “gratton” frequency rank
- 68952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gratin | gratton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière d’apprêter certains mets avec de la chapelure de pain, du fromage ou de la crème. | (Usuellement au pluriel) Résidu de viande de porc ou de canard gras frit dans de la graisse. |
Where the eye mixes gratin and gratton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gratin vs gratton
A purely visual mix-up. gratin (\ɡʁa.tɛ̃\) and gratton (\ɡʁa.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gratin is recorded at frequency rank #21,028, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.tɛ̃\. gratton is at rank #47,924, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.tɔ̃\.
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 68952, this pair ranks #57,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gratin vs gratton
Shared letters: agnrt. Private to "gratin": i. Private to "gratton": o.
"gratin" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "gratton" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gratin" for "gratton" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gratin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gratton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gratin" and "gratton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grattant vs gratton". 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 #57,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.