Gretel
\ˈɡreː.təl\
The verdict
“Gretel” is uncommon French (frequency #50,866 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,866
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin allemand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gretel · Gretel · French
Gretel · rank #50,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,866
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH granny
Nearest frequency peer: granny (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Gretel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grad
grad
49,138 corpus weight
- grandisse
grandisse
49,137 corpus weight
- granny
granny
49,136 corpus weight
- Gretel
Gretel
49,135 corpus weight
- grinçant
grinçant
49,133 corpus weight
- guadeloupéen
guadeloupéen
49,132 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gretel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gretel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡreː.təl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gretel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gretel is uncommon French at frequency #50,866 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈɡreː.təl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin allemand.".
Gretel has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Gretel, spelled G-R-E-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin allemand.
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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