givré
\ʒi.vʁe\
The verdict
“givré” is uncommon French (frequency #59,315 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,315
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvert de givre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-givre · givré · French
givré · rank #59,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,315
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH glissantes
Nearest frequency peer: glissantes (+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 « givré »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ghoul
ghoul
40,690 corpus weight
- gicle
gicle
40,689 corpus weight
- Gilson
Gilson
40,688 corpus weight
- givré
givré
40,686 corpus weight
- glissantes
glissantes
40,685 corpus weight
- Gomorrhe
Gomorrhe
40,684 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « givré » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | givré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒi.vʁe\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « givré » en français
Rare enough to double-check
givré is uncommon French at frequency #59,315 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒi.vʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for givré in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is givré, spelled G-I-V-R-É.
Definition
- 1Couvert de givre.
- 2Fou.
- 3Côté fantaisiste, amusant ou agréable d’une personne. Vient d’une publicité des années 80-90 de Mini-Wheats™, petits biscuits de blé en filaments, glacés d’un côté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how givré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jardin dickinsonien – Un enchevêtrement de tiges, feuilles et fleurs de sucepin, venant d’un herbier iridescent, envahit le jardin panoramique … de ma vitre givrée.
Ce type est givré.
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.
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