grésillement
\ɡʁe.zij.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“grésillement” is uncommon French (frequency #89,772 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,772
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de grésiller ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gresillement · grésillement · French
grésillement · rank #89,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,772
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Grzegorz
Nearest frequency peer: Grzegorz (-2 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 « grésillement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- graviter
graviter
10,234 corpus weight
- Grzegorz
Grzegorz
10,231 corpus weight
- grésillement
grésillement
10,229 corpus weight
- Guennadi
Guennadi
10,227 corpus weight
- guili
guili
10,226 corpus weight
- guppy
guppy
10,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grésillement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grésillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁe.zij.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grésillement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grésillement is uncommon French at frequency #89,772 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁe.zij.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for grésillement in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grésillement, spelled G-R-É-S-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de grésiller ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Bruit confus et sans signification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grésillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le silence était si profond dans cette pièce qu'elle entendait le léger grésillement du néon.
[…] le grésillement du rasoir électrique le matin, […]
This word in other languages
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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