grappiller

\ɡʁa.pi.je\

/\ɡʁa.pi.je\/ verb

The verdict

“grappiller” is uncommon French (frequency #57,986 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,986
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cueillir ce qui reste de raisins dans une vigne, après qu’elle a été vendangée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grappiller · grappiller · French

grappiller · rank #57,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,986
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grandira

Nearest frequency peer: grandira (-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 « grappiller »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grappiller
PropertyValue
Headwordgrappiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁa.pi.je\
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,986
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grappiller » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grappillertombe 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: « grandira » (#57,985), « grincements » (#57,987), « gouverneure » (#57,984). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grappiller » est au #57,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grappiller is uncommon French at frequency #57,986 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁa.pi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grappiller, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 grappiller, spelled G-R-A-P-P-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cueillir ce qui reste de raisins dans une vigne, après qu’elle a été vendangée.
  2. 2
    Faire quelque petit gain plus ou moins illicite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dès que les vendangeurs ont achevé la vendange, il est permis d’aller grappiller.
  2. Raguet grappillait sur le pays d’autres menues captures, poules, oies, bois et graines.

Synonyms

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 "grappiller"?
"grappiller" is spelled G-R-A-P-P-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.pi.je\.
What does "grappiller" mean?
As a verb, "grappiller" means: Cueillir ce qui reste de raisins dans une vigne, après qu’elle a été vendangée.
How do you pronounce "grappiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grappiller" is \ɡʁa.pi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list