grec

\ɡʁɛk\

/\ɡʁɛk\/ adj

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The verdict

“grec” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,006
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Grèce, aux Grecs, ou à leur langue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grec · grec · French

grec · rank #3,006 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,006
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH financier

Nearest frequency peer: financier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grec »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grec » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grec vs gué
25% similar
grec vs gros
50% similar
grec vs gris
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grec
PropertyValue
Headwordgrec
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁɛk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,006
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grec »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grecse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « financier » (#3,005), « habite » (#3,007), « fillon » (#3,004). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grec » est au #3,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around grec (IPA \ɡʁɛk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,006 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grec, with forms such as "gerc", "ggrec", and "grce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gué", "gros", "gris", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grec, spelled G-R-E-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la Grèce, aux Grecs, ou à leur langue.
  2. 2
    Relatif à la Grèce antique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils ne sont toujours pas habitués à la coutume grecque qui consiste à se mettre à table à point d’heure.
  2. Le Moyen Âge, en donnant le costume et les habitudes chevaleresques à des guerriers grecs ou troyens, les enlevait, en quelque sorte, à l’antiquité, et se les appropriait par son ignorance.

Synonyms

grégeoishellènehellénique

This word in other languages

Greek(English)griego(Español)griechisch(Deutsch)grego(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gerc
  • ggrec
  • grce
  • grecc
  • grrec
  • rgec

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grec - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gerc2ggrec1grce2grecc1grrec1rgec2
Edit distance from "grec"

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 "grec"?
"grec" is spelled G-R-E-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛk\.
What does "grec" mean?
As an adjective, "grec" means: Relatif à la Grèce, aux Grecs, ou à leur langue.
What words are commonly confused with "grec"?
"grec" is commonly confused with "gué", "gros", "gris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grec"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grec" is \ɡʁɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grec" come from?
"grec" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paye#3,028sexy#2,963vies#3,049ange#3,053

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fillon6 variantsbleus6 variantsoutil6 variantsfausse6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list