grosgrain
/ˈɡɹəʊɡɹeɪn/noun
grosgrain is spelled G-R-O-S-G-R-A-I-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grosgrain means “A silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grosgrain is grosgrains.
How many letters and syllables are in grosgrain?
| Letters | 9: G-R-O-S-G-R-A-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is grosgrain?
Grosgrain appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 grosgrain?
- UK /ˈɡɹəʊɡɹeɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grosgrain.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grosgrain
- grosgrains plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grosgrain mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs.
- 2
A close-woven fabric (usually made from silk or rayon) having narrow horizontal ribs.
- 3
A ribbon made of this fabric.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grosgrain come from?
Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”). Doublet of grogram, which was borrowed earlier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).