gremlins
\ɡʁɛm.lin\
The verdict
“gremlins” is uncommon French (frequency #61,575 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,575
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gremlin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gremlins · gremlins · French
gremlins · rank #61,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,575
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grammaticaux
Nearest frequency peer: grammaticaux (-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 « gremlins »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gondry
Gondry
38,429 corpus weight
- Gottlieb
Gottlieb
38,428 corpus weight
- grammaticaux
grammaticaux
38,427 corpus weight
- gremlins
gremlins
38,426 corpus weight
- griffer
griffer
38,424 corpus weight
- grisou
grisou
38,423 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gremlins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gremlins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛm.lin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gremlins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gremlins is uncommon French at frequency #61,575 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛm.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gremlin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gremlins in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gremlins, spelled G-R-E-M-L-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de gremlin.
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.
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