greluchon
\ɡʁə.ly.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“greluchon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amant de cœur d’une femme entretenue par un autre homme, amant entretenu par une prostituée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greluchon · greluchon · French
greluchon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greluchon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁə.ly.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
greluchon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁə.ly.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for greluchon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is greluchon, spelled G-R-E-L-U-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Amant de cœur d’une femme entretenue par un autre homme, amant entretenu par une prostituée.
- 2Amoureux considéré comme sans envergure.
- 3Jeune homme physiquement et moralement insignifiant.
- 4Nom hypocoristique donné à un enfant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how greluchon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un pamphlet de 1784 raillait le personnage de Chérubin, « greluchon de Madame et mignon du mari » dans Le Mariage de Figaro, parce qu’il reçoit du comte un baiser destiné à la comtesse.
Elle lui préfère un greluchon qui fait des vers ! un métier de crève-la-faim !
This word in other languages
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.