greffière
\ɡʁɛ.fjɛʁ\
The verdict
“greffière” is uncommon French (frequency #82,999 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,999
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Officière publique préposée au greffe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greffiere · greffière · French
greffière · rank #82,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,999
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH greffent
Nearest frequency peer: greffent (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “greffière”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- goûtera
goûtera
17,007 corpus weight
- grandissants
grandissants
17,004 corpus weight
- greffent
greffent
17,003 corpus weight
- greffière
greffière
17,002 corpus weight
- grisâtres
grisâtres
17,001 corpus weight
- grogna
grogna
17,000 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “greffière” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greffière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ.fjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “greffière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
greffière is uncommon French at frequency #82,999 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛ.fjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
greffière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is greffière, spelled G-R-E-F-F-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Officière publique préposée au greffe.
- 2Celle qui prend note et tient le registre de ses notes.
- 3Épouse d’un greffier.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "greffière", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.