Which to use
“grattage” and “gratte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,642
- “grattage” frequency rank
- #9,013
- “gratte” frequency rank
- 54655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grattage | gratte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de gratter. | De la ciguatera, un empoisonnement banal par la consommation de certains poissons des récifs tropicaux et lagons. |
Where the eye mixes grattage and gratte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grattage vs gratte
A purely visual mix-up. grattage (\ɡʁa.taʒ\) and gratte (\ɡʁat\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grattage is recorded at frequency rank #45,642, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.taʒ\. gratte is at rank #9,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁat\.
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 54655, this pair ranks #132,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grattage vs gratte
Shared letters: aegrt. Private to "grattage": -. Private to "gratte": -.
"grattage" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "gratte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grattage" and "gratte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grattage" vs "gratte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grattage" and "gratte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grattage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gratte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grattage" and "gratte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grattage vs grattant". 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 #132,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.