grèvent
\ɡʁɛv\
The verdict
“grèvent” is uncommon French (frequency #90,787 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,787
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de grever.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grevent · grèvent · French
grèvent · rank #90,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,787
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grondait
Nearest frequency peer: grondait (-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 « grèvent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- graça
graça
9,220 corpus weight
- grigri
grigri
9,219 corpus weight
- grisonnant
grisonnant
9,217 corpus weight
- grondait
grondait
9,216 corpus weight
- grèvent
grèvent
9,214 corpus weight
- haranguer
haranguer
9,209 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grèvent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grèvent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛv\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grèvent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grèvent is uncommon French at frequency #90,787 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁɛv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for grèvent in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grèvent, spelled G-R-È-V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de grever.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de grever.
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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