graisseuses

\ɡʁɛ.søz\

/\ɡʁɛ.søz\/ adj

The verdict

“graisseuses” is uncommon French (frequency #76,624 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,624
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de graisseux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-graisseuses · graisseuses · French

graisseuses · rank #76,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,624
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gouverna

Nearest frequency peer: gouverna (-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 « graisseuses »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for graisseuses
PropertyValue
Headwordgraisseuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁɛ.søz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#76,624
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « graisseuses » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.graisseusestombe 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: « gouverna » (#76,623), « Grandin » (#76,625), « grandissez » (#76,626). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graisseuses » est au #76,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

graisseuses is uncommon French at frequency #76,624 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɛ.søz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de graisseux.".

graisseuses doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is graisseuses, spelled G-R-A-I-S-S-E-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de graisseux.

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list