greluche

\ɡʁə.lyʃ\

/\ɡʁə.lyʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“greluche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune fille, jeune femme aux mœurs légères ou sotte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-greluche · greluche · French

greluche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for greluche
PropertyValue
Headwordgreluche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁə.lyʃ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « greluche » en français

greluchesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

greluche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁə.lyʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for greluche in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is greluche, spelled G-R-E-L-U-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeune fille, jeune femme aux mœurs légères ou sotte.
  2. 2
    Femme (employé dans le langage courant pour désigner une attitude, un comportement caractéristique de « râleuse »).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tu es une affreuse petite greluche qui se prélasse, tandis que son homme tourne en bourrique.
  2. Écoutez, les greluches. Il est 11 heures. On va pas paumer notre soirée à faire les guignols avec des boules au bout des bras. Comme de toutes façons ça va se terminer à l’horizontale, autant y aller tout de suite.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "greluche"?
"greluche" is spelled G-R-E-L-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁə.lyʃ\.
What does "greluche" mean?
As a noun, "greluche" means: Jeune fille, jeune femme aux mœurs légères ou sotte.
How do you pronounce "greluche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "greluche" is \ɡʁə.lyʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "greluche" come from?
"greluche" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list