grenat

/\ɡʁə.na\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,323

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

grenat is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est de couleur rouge sombre légèrement rosé comme la grenade. #6E0B14 Pronounced \ɡʁə.na\. Often confused with Greta and Gent.

Key facts for grenat
PropertyValue
Headwordgrenat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɡʁə.na\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,323
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grenat in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for grenat is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁə.na\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,323 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for grenat, with forms such as "gernat", "ggrenat", and "greant". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Greta", "Gent", "grant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is grenat, spelled G-R-E-N-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de couleur rouge sombre légèrement rosé comme la grenade. #6E0B14
  2. 2
    Couleur de la robe d’un vin rouge, indiquant une meilleure maturité que la couleur « violette » ; mais une maturité moindre qu’une robe de couleur « pourpre ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gernat,ggrenat,greant,grenatt,grennat,grenta,grneat,grrenat,rgenat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grenat

Misspelling Variants of "grenat"

gernat6ggrenat7greant6grenatt7grennat7grenta6grneat6grrenat7
Misspelling Variants of "grenat"

Frequency rank: #38,323 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grenat"?
"grenat" is spelled G-R-E-N-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁə.na\.
What does "grenat" mean?
As an adj, "grenat" means: Qui est de couleur rouge sombre légèrement rosé comme la grenade. #6E0B14
What words are commonly confused with "grenat"?
"grenat" is commonly confused with "Greta", "Gent", "grant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grenat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grenat" is \ɡʁə.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grenat" come from?
"grenat" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.