grèbe
\ɡʁɛb\
The verdict
“grèbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau aquatique dont le plumage est d’un blanc argenté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grebe · grèbe · French
grèbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grèbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛb\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grèbe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grèbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oiseau aquatique dont le plumage est d’un blanc argenté.".
No misspelling variants are generated for grèbe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grèbe, spelled G-R-È-B-E.
Definition
- 1Oiseau aquatique dont le plumage est d’un blanc argenté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grèbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Harry Dickson ne l'avait vue que de profil, mais à présent qu'il la voyait devant lui, dans son manteau de petit-gris, sous sa fine toque de grèbe, il dut s'avouer qu'elle était bien ravissante, la savante Miss Maud Brenner.
Ses fins cheveux étaient invisibles sous une toque de grèbe.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.