grassouillet

\ɡʁɑ.su.jɛ\

/\ɡʁɑ.su.jɛ\/ adj

The verdict

“grassouillet” is uncommon French (frequency #87,687 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,687
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est assez gras.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grassouillet · grassouillet · French

grassouillet · rank #87,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,687
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grandchamp

Nearest frequency peer: Grandchamp (-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 « grassouillet »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grassouillet
PropertyValue
Headwordgrassouillet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁɑ.su.jɛ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#87,687
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grassouillet » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Grandchamp » (#87,686), « graton » (#87,689), « gravillons » (#87,690). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grassouillet » est au #87,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grassouillet is uncommon French at frequency #87,687 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɑ.su.jɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est assez gras.".

No misspelling variants are generated for grassouillet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grassouillet, spelled G-R-A-S-S-O-U-I-L-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est assez gras.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce Figaro campagnard, ancien teinturier, jouissait de sept à huit mille livres de rente, d’une jolie maison assise sur le coteau, d’une petite femme grassouillette, d’une santé robuste.
  2. Son visage grassouillet offrait les traces d’une dissimulation profonde et d’une arrière-pensée enterrée au fond du cœur.

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 "grassouillet"?
"grassouillet" is spelled G-R-A-S-S-O-U-I-L-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ.su.jɛ\.
What does "grassouillet" mean?
As an adjective, "grassouillet" means: Qui est assez gras.
How do you pronounce "grassouillet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grassouillet" is \ɡʁɑ.su.jɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grassouillet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list