gréer
\ɡʁe.e\
The verdict
“gréer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Garnir un bâtiment de tout ce dont il a besoin pour être en état de naviguer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greer · gréer · French
gréer · 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 | gréer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁe.e\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gréer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gréer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁe.e\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gréer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gréer, spelled G-R-É-E-R.
Definition
- 1Garnir un bâtiment de tout ce dont il a besoin pour être en état de naviguer.
- 2Garnir de hunettes un mât, une vergue.
- 3Se munir de, se doter de, ou encore revêtir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gréer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toute réparation sérieuse était impossible, mais on gréa une sorte de gouvernail utilisable par beau temps, […].
Le “grand vaisseau royal”, une réduction d’un navire de guerre, sans doute, dont on sait qu’il gréait trois mâts.
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.