GR

\ʒe.ɛʁ\

/\ʒe.ɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“GR” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,402) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,402
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Itinéraire balisé pour des randonnées pédestres de longue durée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gr · GR · French

GR · rank #8,402 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,402
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gigantesque

Nearest frequency peer: gigantesque (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “GR”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “GR” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

GR vs GT
50% similar
GR vs Gs
50% similar
GR vs GW
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for GR
PropertyValue
HeadwordGR
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒe.ɛʁ\
Letters2
Frequency rank#8,402
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “GR” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).GRse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gigantesque » (#8,401), « groupement » (#8,403), « gestionnaire » (#8,400). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for GR is neighbouring look-alikes ("GT", "Gs", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʒe.ɛʁ\. Frequency #8,402 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Gloss: "Itinéraire balisé pour des randonnées pédestres de longue durée.".

No misspelling variants are generated for GR in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GT", "Gs", "GW", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is GR, spelled G-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Itinéraire balisé pour des randonnées pédestres de longue durée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On retrouve le fameux sigle du GR, bien connu des amateurs de marche, qui connaît quelques variantes. "Des flèches, droite ou gauche, évidemment, et la croix qui vous indique que vous n’êtes pas sur la bonne direction. Enfin, il y a aussi le sigle qui lui vous indique que vous êtes sur le bon chemin", explique un bénévole.

This word in other languages

GR(English)GR(Español)

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 "GR"?
"GR" is spelled G-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ɛʁ\.
What does "GR" mean?
As a noun, "GR" means: Itinéraire balisé pour des randonnées pédestres de longue durée.
What words are commonly confused with "GR"?
"GR" is commonly confused with "GT", "Gs", "GW". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "GR"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "GR" is \ʒe.ɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "GR" come from?
"GR" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list