grécité
\ɡʁe.si.te\
The verdict
“grécité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avarice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grecite · grécité · French
grécité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | grécité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁe.si.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grécité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁe.si.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grécité, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grécité, spelled G-R-É-C-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Avarice.
- 2Caractère de ce qui est grec (relativement à la langue ou relativement au pays).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grécité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ensuite, quel changement, et pas seulement ici, des structures de l’État, de la civilisation romaine elle-même… ? Celle-ci est à jamais effacée en Afrique, passe de la latinité à sa grécité d’origine en Orient, est barbarisée en Occident.
Nous voici loin de l’Éléonore de Parny; aux grécités badines et frivoles, succède l’expression mystérieuse de ce que l’âme a de plus éthéré et de plus inexprimable.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.