grévière
\ɡʁe.vjɛʁ\
The verdict
“grévière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peau de mouton dont les élagueurs s’enroulaient les jambes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greviere · grévière · French
grévière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grévière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁe.vjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grévière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁe.vjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peau de mouton dont les élagueurs s’enroulaient les jambes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for grévière in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grévière, spelled G-R-É-V-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Peau de mouton dont les élagueurs s’enroulaient les jambes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.