Greg
\ɡʁɛɡ\
The verdict
“Greg” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,173
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greg · Greg · French
Greg · rank #9,173 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,173
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guides
Nearest frequency peer: guides (+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 « Greg »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Gaston
Gaston
90,831 corpus weight
- grandit
grandit
90,830 corpus weight
- Greg
Greg
90,828 corpus weight
- guides
guides
90,827 corpus weight
- Guyane
Guyane
90,826 corpus weight
- honorer
honorer
90,825 corpus weight
What this shows « Greg » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Greg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛɡ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Greg »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Greg (IPA \ɡʁɛɡ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,173 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Greg, with forms such as "gerg", "ggreg", and "grge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gué", "gros", "gris", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Greg, spelled G-R-E-G.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Greg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beaucoup de gens partagèrent sur les médias sociaux son histoire, accompagnée d’un portrait et d’un prénom, Greg.
C’était en août 2019 et cette année-là, le phénomène belge l’avait emporté en solo devant son compatriote Greg Van Avermaet et le Suisse Marc Hirschi.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gerg
- ggreg
- grge
- grreg
- rgeg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Greg - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).