grève

\ɡʁɛv\

/\ɡʁɛv\/ noun

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The verdict

“grève” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,479
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terrain uni et sablonneux le long de la mer ou d’une grande rivière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-greve · grève · French

grève · rank #2,479 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,479
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH frappe

Nearest frequency peer: frappe (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grève »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grève » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grève vs grey
40% similar
grève vs grue
60% similar
grève vs guère
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grève
PropertyValue
Headwordgrève
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɛv\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,479
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grève »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grèvese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frappe » (#2,478), « ha » (#2,480), « fournir » (#2,477). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grève » est au #2,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around grève (IPA \ɡʁɛv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,479 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for grève, with forms such as "ggrève", "greve", and "grrève". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grey", "grue", "guère", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 grève, spelled G-R-È-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terrain uni et sablonneux le long de la mer ou d’une grande rivière.
  2. 2
    Banc de sable qui se forme dans la Loire, et que le courant porte tantôt d’un côté, tantôt d’un autre.
  3. 3
    Le gros sable qui sert à faire du béton ou du mortier.
  4. 4
    La place de Grève, à Paris, dont les habitués étaient connus pour leur langage cru et grossier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grève appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Deux fois par jour la mer reçut ordre de se lever de nouveau dans son lit et d’envahir ses grèves.
  2. En parcourant les grèves laissées à sec par la marée, je faisais lever de nombreuses tribus d’oiseaux de rivage […]

Synonyms

plage

This word in other languages

bank(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrève
  • greve
  • grrève
  • grvèe
  • grèev
  • grèvve
  • gèrve
  • rgève

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grève - 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.

ggrève1greve1grrève1grvèe2grèev2grèvve1gèrve2rgève2
Edit distance from "grève"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grève"?
"grève" is spelled G-R-È-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛv\.
What does "grève" mean?
As a noun, "grève" means: Terrain uni et sablonneux le long de la mer ou d’une grande rivière.
What words are commonly confused with "grève"?
"grève" is commonly confused with "grey", "grue", "guère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grève"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grève" is \ɡʁɛv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grève" come from?
"grève" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grève", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

jusque8 variantspilote8 variantscourte8 variantsattente8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list