Grappa
\ˈɡrapa\
The verdict
“Grappa” is uncommon French (frequency #88,679 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,679
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grappa.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grappa · Grappa · French
Grappa · rank #88,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,679
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gratifiante
Nearest frequency peer: gratifiante (+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 « Grappa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- goulags
goulags
11,326 corpus weight
- graduer
graduer
11,324 corpus weight
- Grappa
Grappa
11,322 corpus weight
- gratifiante
gratifiante
11,321 corpus weight
- grava
grava
11,320 corpus weight
- Grimbergen
Grimbergen
11,319 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Grappa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grappa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡrapa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Grappa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Grappa is uncommon French at frequency #88,679 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡrapa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grappa.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Grappa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Grappa, spelled G-R-A-P-P-A.
Definition
- 1Grappa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Grappa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Espresso trinke ich gerne einen (eine) Grappa.
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.
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