grenadille
\ɡʁə.na.dij\
The verdict
“grenadille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de Passiflora edulis, plante d’Amérique de la famille des passiflores
Corpus desk
Index FR-grenadille · grenadille · French
grenadille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | grenadille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁə.na.dij\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grenadille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁə.na.dij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grenadille, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 grenadille, spelled G-R-E-N-A-D-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de Passiflora edulis, plante d’Amérique de la famille des passiflores
- 2Fruit comestible de cette plante : le fruit de la passion
- 3Un des noms vernaculaires de Dalbergia melanoxylon, ou ébène rouge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grenadille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fruits de la grenadille ne mûrissent que dans les pays chauds.
Les grenadilles ailées, les passiflores aux larges fleurs de pourpre striées d’azur et couronnées d’une aigrette d’un violet noir, retombent du faîte de la voûte comme de colossales guirlandes.
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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.