grape-fruit
\ɡʁap.fʁɥit\
The verdict
“grape-fruit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agrume pouvant être un pomelo ou un pamplemousse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grape-fruit · grape-fruit · French
grape-fruit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grape-fruit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁap.fʁɥit\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grape-fruit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁap.fʁɥit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agrume pouvant être un pomelo ou un pamplemousse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grape-fruit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 grape-fruit, spelled G-R-A-P-E---F-R-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Agrume pouvant être un pomelo ou un pamplemousse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grape-fruit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le soleil faisait briller une grande cafetière d’argent aux formes majestueuses et couvrait les mains de David qui piochait son grape-fruit d’une petite cuiller attentive à ne rien laisser perdre.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.