greatest
\ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst\
The verdict
“greatest” is uncommon French (frequency #59,321 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,321
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Superlatif de great.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greatest · greatest · French
greatest · rank #59,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,321
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH graphics
Nearest frequency peer: graphics (-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 « greatest »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- granulats
granulats
40,682 corpus weight
- graphics
graphics
40,681 corpus weight
- greatest
greatest
40,680 corpus weight
- guano
guano
40,679 corpus weight
- guillet
guillet
40,678 corpus weight
- Guyancourt
Guyancourt
40,677 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « greatest » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greatest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « greatest » en français
Rare enough to double-check
greatest is uncommon French at frequency #59,321 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Superlatif de great.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for greatest in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is greatest, spelled G-R-E-A-T-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Superlatif de great.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how greatest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Write a program that implements Euclid's algorithm and uses it to determine the greatest common divisor of two integers entered by the user.
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 "greatest"?
What does "greatest" mean?
How do you pronounce "greatest"?
What language does "greatest" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "greatest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).