grelin
\ɡʁə.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“grelin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit câble formé de fils de fer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grelin · grelin · French
grelin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | grelin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁə.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grelin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grelin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁə.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for grelin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is grelin, spelled G-R-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Petit câble formé de fils de fer.
- 2Nom donné à tout cordages formés par la réunion en toron d'autres cordages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grelin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette fois, sans ancres à jet ni grelins et loin de notre première station, je regardai notre perte comme infaillible.
Il serait facile de revenir à bord en se halant sur le grelin élongé du navire.
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.