grenade
\ɡʁə.nad\
The verdict
“grenade” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,968 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,968
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruit du grenadier, grosse baie ronde, de la taille d’une grosse orange, à écorce dure et coriace, de couleur rouge ou jaune-beige, qui renferme dans des loges délimitées par des cloisons épaisses,...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grenade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁə.nad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grenade” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grenade is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁə.nad\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,968 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grenade, with forms such as "gernade", "ggrenade", and "greande". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gronde", "grenat", "grenades", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grenade, spelled G-R-E-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit du grenadier, grosse baie ronde, de la taille d’une grosse orange, à écorce dure et coriace, de couleur rouge ou jaune-beige, qui renferme dans des loges délimitées par des cloisons épaisses, de nombreux pépins de couleur rose-saumon à rouge rubis, d’une forme caractéristique en gemme de rubis, et dont seul l'arille qui entoure chacun d'eux est comestible. Sa peau est toxique car elle contient divers alcaloïdes telle la pelletiérine.
- 2Arme de jet explosive composée de deux parties, la goupille et un dispositif (bombe) explosif qui détone à la suite de la soustraction de la goupille et explose après quelques secondes.
- 3Ornement de l’uniforme des pompiers et des sapeurs, qui représente une grenade enflammée.
- 4Motif d’ornement architectural représentant une grenade enflammée.
- 5Meuble représentant le fruit du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée sous la forme d'une coque avec un orifice oblong laissant voir les fruits. Elle est également souvent tigée et feuillée.
- 6Meuble représentant l’arme du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement stylisée sous la forme d'une sphère qui explose. Elle est souvent confondue avec la bombe.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gernade,ggrenade,greande,grenadde,grenaed,grendae,grennade,grneade,grrenade,rgenade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grenade - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “grenade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-E-N-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁə.nad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gronde” - see the side-by-side comparison. grenade vs gronde
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.