grège
\ɡʁɛʒ\
The verdict
“grège” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qualifie la soie à l'état brut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grege · grège · French
grège · 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 | grège |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grège is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grège, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 grège, spelled G-R-È-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie la soie à l'état brut.
- 2De la couleur beige clair de la soie grège.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grège appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les procédés employés pour le traitement préparatoire de la soie consistent en deux opérations principales: […] nᵒ 2 le moulinage qui comprend le dévidage, le doublage et la torsion que l'on fait subir à la soie grège pour la transformer en fils propres à être décreusés et tissés.
À chaque missive, l’avouerai-je, Je crains de vous causer l’ennui Et cette attente, comme un missile, Endolorit ma tête grège.
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.