granuleux

\ɡʁa.ny.lø\

/\ɡʁa.ny.lø\/ adj

The verdict

“granuleux” is uncommon French (frequency #74,838 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,838
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divisé en petits grains.

Corpus desk

Index FR-granuleux · granuleux · French

granuleux · rank #74,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,838
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grail

Nearest frequency peer: Grail (-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 « granuleux »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for granuleux
PropertyValue
Headwordgranuleux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.ny.lø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « granuleux » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).granuleuxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Grail » (#74,837), « grattait » (#74,839), « gos » (#74,836). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « granuleux » est au #74,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

granuleux is uncommon French at frequency #74,838 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.ny.lø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for granuleux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is granuleux, spelled G-R-A-N-U-L-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Divisé en petits grains.
  2. 2
    Qui présente des granulations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Terre granuleuse.
  2. Dans les régions ventrales, la peau est granuleuse, particulièrement fine au niveau des aisselles et des aines.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "granuleux"?
"granuleux" is spelled G-R-A-N-U-L-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.ny.lø\.
What does "granuleux" mean?
As an adjective, "granuleux" means: Divisé en petits grains.
How do you pronounce "granuleux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "granuleux" is \ɡʁa.ny.lø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "granuleux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list