Which to use
“gratuit” and “gratuits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,080
- “gratuit” frequency rank
- #6,833
- “gratuits” frequency rank
- 8913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gratuit | gratuits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que l’on donne librement sans obligation. | Masculin pluriel de gratuit. |
Same sound, different letters: gratuit vs gratuits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - gratuit / gratuits
This is the hard kind. gratuit and gratuits are pronounced identically (\ɡʁa.tɥi\) 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) - “gratuit” sits inside “gratuits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gratuit is recorded at frequency rank #2,080, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.tɥi\. gratuits is at rank #6,833, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.tɥi\.
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 8913, this pair ranks #418,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gratuit vs gratuits
Shared letters: agirtu. Private to "gratuit": -. Private to "gratuits": s.
"gratuit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "gratuits" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gratuit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gratuits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gratuit" and "gratuits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gratuit vs gravit". 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 #418,443 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.