grenier
\ɡʁə.nje\
The verdict
“grenier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,574
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endroit où entreposer le grain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grenier · grenier · French
grenier · rank #7,574 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,574
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grammaire
Nearest frequency peer: grammaire (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “grenier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- GPS
GPS
92,429 corpus weight
- grammaire
grammaire
92,428 corpus weight
- grenier
grenier
92,427 corpus weight
- guérir
guérir
92,426 corpus weight
- hotel
hotel
92,425 corpus weight
- immigrés
immigrés
92,424 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “grenier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | grenier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁə.nje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “grenier” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around grenier (IPA \ɡʁə.nje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,574 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grenier, with forms such as "gernier", "ggrenier", and "greiner". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grincer", "gronder", "greniers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grenier, spelled G-R-E-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Endroit où entreposer le grain.
- 2Étage d’une maison qui est sous le comble.
- 3Région, pays fertile dont on tire beaucoup de blé ou d’autre céréale.
- 4Grenier à sel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grenier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Bruche du Pois n'a donc qu'une génération par an, et c'est par conservation en grenier des grains secs bruchés qu'on perpétue ce dangereux insecte.
Mais vers sept heures, Marbre étant monté dans le grenier, afin d'en rapporter quelques provisions, redescendit aussitôt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gernier
- ggrenier
- greiner
- greneir
- grenierr
- grenire
- grennier
- grneier
- grrenier
- rgenier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grenier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grenier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "grenier". Here's where to go from here.
- "grenier" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "grincer". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,574 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.