grell
\ɡʁɛl\
The verdict
“grell” 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) - Éblouissant, voire aveuglant (en parlant d’une lumière).
Corpus desk
Index FR-grell · grell · French
grell · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | grell |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grell » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grell is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grell, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grell, spelled G-R-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Éblouissant, voire aveuglant (en parlant d’une lumière).
- 2Strident, très aigu et fort (en parlant d’un son).
- 3Vif, acidulé, criard (en parlant d’une couleur).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der grelle Blitz des Fotoapparats ist mir unangenehm.
Aus Versehen hat jemand die Alarmanlage ausgelöst und jetzt ertönt ein greller, unerträglicher Ton.
Synonyms
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.