grecque

\ɡʁɛk\

/\ɡʁɛk\/ noun

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The verdict

“grecque” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,092
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement composé d’une suite de lignes droites qui reviennent sur elles-mêmes, en formant toujours des angles droits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grecque · grecque · French

grecque · rank #6,092 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,092
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH graines

Nearest frequency peer: graines (-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 « grecque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grecque » 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).

grecque vs grecques
88% similar
grecque vs grecs
57% similar
grecque vs Grèce
43% similar

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

Key facts for grecque
PropertyValue
Headwordgrecque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɛk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,092
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grecque »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grecquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « graines » (#6,091), « havre » (#6,093), « fred » (#6,090). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grecque » est au #6,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grecque (IPA \ɡʁɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,092 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Ornement composé d’une suite de lignes droites qui reviennent sur elles-mêmes, en formant toujours des angles droits.
  2. 2
    Dispositif de contrôle de vitesse des trains automatiques.
  3. 3
    Entaille faite par le relieur dans le dos d’un volume pour y faire passer les nerfs ou les ficelles de la couture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette frise est ornée d’une grecque.
  2. Représentez-vous un immense tapis du vert le plus frais, le plus tendre, le plus uni, ras à l’œil comme du velours et découpé par une grecque de canaux se rencontrant à angles droits, et remplis d’une eau brune comme du café faible ou du thé fort.

This word in other languages

meander(English)Mäander(Deutsch)

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.

gercque2ggrecque1grceque2greccque1grecqeu2grecqque1grecuqe2greqcue2
Edit distance from "grecque"

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 "grecque"?
"grecque" is spelled G-R-E-C-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛk\.
What does "grecque" mean?
As a noun, "grecque" means: Ornement composé d’une suite de lignes droites qui reviennent sur elles-mêmes, en formant toujours des angles droits.
What words are commonly confused with "grecque"?
"grecque" is commonly confused with "grecques", "grecs", "Grèce". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grecque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grecque" is \ɡʁɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grecque" come from?
"grecque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

graines#6,091hésitez#6,097faciles#6,086digital#6,077

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

inconnus10 variantsinnocent10 variantsécrans10 variantsvivante10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list