greffage
\ɡʁɛ.faʒ\
The verdict
“greffage” is uncommon French (frequency #75,736 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,736
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de greffer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greffage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ.faʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “greffage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
greffage is uncommon French at frequency #75,736 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛ.faʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de greffer.".
greffage has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is greffage, spelled G-R-E-F-F-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de greffer.
Synonyms
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 “greffage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-E-F-F-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.