CGR

name

The verdict

“CGR” is uncommon French (frequency #65,013 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,013
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe français qui exploite des salles de cinéma.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cgr · CGR · French

CGR · rank #65,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,013
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH centauri

Nearest frequency peer: centauri (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « CGR »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « CGR » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for CGR
PropertyValue
HeadwordCGR
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters3
Frequency rank#65,013
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « CGR » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).CGRtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « centauri » (#65,012), « CCM » (#65,011), « chaoui » (#65,015). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « CGR » est au #65,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

CGR is uncommon French at frequency #65,013 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Groupe français qui exploite des salles de cinéma.".

CGR doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is CGR, spelled C-G-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groupe français qui exploite des salles de cinéma.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how CGR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cinq mois après l’annonce de la mise en vente du groupe de cinéma CGR (Circuit Georges-Raymond), dont la valeur était estimée à 1 milliard d'euros, « l’heure n’est pas encore aux discussions serrées avec un repreneur potentiel », indique Jocelyn Bouyssy, le directeur général.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CGR"?
"CGR" is spelled C-G-R.
What does "CGR" mean?
As a proper noun, "CGR" means: Groupe français qui exploite des salles de cinéma.
What language does "CGR" come from?
"CGR" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "CGR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list