grisette
/ɡɹɪˈzɛt/noun
grisette is spelled G-R-I-S-E-T-T-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grisette means “A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grisette is grisettes.
How many letters and syllables are in grisette?
| Letters | 8: G-R-I-S-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is grisette?
Grisette appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grisette?
- UK /ɡɹɪˈzɛt/
Grisette has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with grisette?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grisette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of grisette
- grisettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grisette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.
- 2
The grisette amanita (Amanita vaginata), an edible mushroom in the amanita family.
- 3
A variety of low-alcohol beer that is light in body, with a noticeable tartness similar to other farmhouse ales.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grisette come from?
Borrowed from French grisette, from gris (“grey”) + -ette, named after the color of the fabric associated with low value or bad quality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).