grecque
\ɡʁɛk\
The verdict
“grecque” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,092 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,092
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ornement composé d’une suite de lignes droites qui reviennent sur elles-mêmes, en formant toujours des angles droits.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grecque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grecque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grecque is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɛk\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,092 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grecque, with forms such as "gercque", "ggrecque", and "grceque". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "grecques", "grecs", "Grèce", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grecque, spelled G-R-E-C-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Ornement composé d’une suite de lignes droites qui reviennent sur elles-mêmes, en formant toujours des angles droits.
- 2Dispositif de contrôle de vitesse des trains automatiques.
- 3Entaille faite par le relieur dans le dos d’un volume pour y faire passer les nerfs ou les ficelles de la couture.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gercque,ggrecque,grceque,greccque,grecqeu,grecqque,grecuqe,greqcue,grrecque,rgecque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grecque - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “grecque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-E-C-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁɛk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grecques” - see the side-by-side comparison. grecque vs grecques
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.