graissage

\ɡʁɛ.saʒ\

/\ɡʁɛ.saʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“graissage” is uncommon French (frequency #60,055 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,055
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de graisser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-graissage · graissage · French

graissage · rank #60,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,055
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gohan

Nearest frequency peer: Gohan (-2 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 « graissage »

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 « graissage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for graissage
PropertyValue
Headwordgraissage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɛ.saʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,055
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « graissage » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.graissagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Gohan » (#60,053), « gravitationnel » (#60,057), « GMC » (#60,052). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graissage » est au #60,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

graissage is uncommon French at frequency #60,055 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛ.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for graissage, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is graissage, spelled G-R-A-I-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de graisser.
  2. 2
    Graissage du vin : État du vin atteint de la maladie de la graisse due à la bactérie malolactique Pediococcus damnosus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces mouvements étant délicats et rapides (…), il faut un très bon graissage des cames, des barrettes et des vis.
  2. Le piston est creusé hémisphériquement, ce qui offre encore l'avantage d'empêcher le combustible de diluer l'huile de graissage et de provoquer son écoulement hors du cylindre.

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 "graissage"?
"graissage" is spelled G-R-A-I-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛ.saʒ\.
What does "graissage" mean?
As a noun, "graissage" means: Action de graisser.
How do you pronounce "graissage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graissage" is \ɡʁɛ.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graissage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glaciales#60,051Gillespie#60,048fusionnés#60,034Hypophyse#60,081

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list