grasshopper
\ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə\
The verdict
“grasshopper” is uncommon French (frequency #80,255 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,255
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sauterelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grasshopper · grasshopper · French
grasshopper · rank #80,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,255
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH goude
Nearest frequency peer: goude (-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 « grasshopper »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Goossens
Goossens
19,749 corpus weight
- gord
gord
19,748 corpus weight
- goude
goude
19,747 corpus weight
- grasshopper
grasshopper
19,746 corpus weight
- grenaille
grenaille
19,744 corpus weight
- grimpa
grimpa
19,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grasshopper » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grasshopper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grasshopper » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grasshopper is uncommon French at frequency #80,255 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for grasshopper in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grasshopper, spelled G-R-A-S-S-H-O-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sauterelle.
- 2Consommateur ou consommatrice de chanvre indien.
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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