grelots

\ɡʁə.lo\

/\ɡʁə.lo\/ noun

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The verdict

“grelots” is uncommon French (frequency #60,837 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,837
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de grelot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grelots · grelots · French

grelots · rank #60,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,837
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grelot

Nearest frequency peer: grelot (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « grelots »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grelots » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grelots
PropertyValue
Headwordgrelots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁə.lo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grelots » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grelotstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « grelot » (#60,836), « grillade » (#60,838), « greffons » (#60,835). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grelots » est au #60,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grelots is uncommon French at frequency #60,837 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁə.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de grelot.".

Zero misspellings are on record for grelots in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 grelots, spelled G-R-E-L-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de grelot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how grelots appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bienvenue à un match de goalball, discipline où l’objectif est de marquer des buts avec un ballon à grelots sans que l’équipe adverse ne l’arrête (avec tout son corps).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grelots"?
"grelots" is spelled G-R-E-L-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁə.lo\.
What does "grelots" mean?
As a noun, "grelots" means: Pluriel de grelot.
How do you pronounce "grelots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grelots" is \ɡʁə.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grelots" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grelots", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list