greffon
\ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\
The verdict
“greffon” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #47,925 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #47,925
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie d’un végétal qu’on greffe sur la tige d’un autre végétal.
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 | greffon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “greffon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for greffon is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,925 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for greffon, with forms such as "gerffon", "ggreffon", and "greffno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "griffin", "griffon", "greffe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is greffon, spelled G-R-E-F-F-O-N.
Definition
- 1Partie d’un végétal qu’on greffe sur la tige d’un autre végétal.
- 2Partie de tissu transplantée dans l’opération de la greffe.
- 3Partie de logiciel optionnelle, aussi appelée plugin.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gerffon,ggreffon,greffno,greffonn,grefofn,grefon,grfefon,grreffon,rgeffon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of greffon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “greffon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-E-F-F-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “griffin” - see the side-by-side comparison. greffon vs griffin
- 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.