gréviste
\ɡʁe.vist\
The verdict
“gréviste” is uncommon French (frequency #60,060 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,060
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui, celle qui fait grève.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greviste · gréviste · French
gréviste · rank #60,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,060
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grisant
Nearest frequency peer: grisant (-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 « gréviste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gravitation…
gravitationnel
39,944 corpus weight
- grisant
grisant
39,942 corpus weight
- gréviste
gréviste
39,941 corpus weight
- guida
guida
39,939 corpus weight
- Gyllenhaal
Gyllenhaal
39,938 corpus weight
- générationn…
générationnelle
39,937 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gréviste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gréviste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁe.vist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gréviste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gréviste is uncommon French at frequency #60,060 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁe.vist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui, celle qui fait grève.".
gréviste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 gréviste, spelled G-R-É-V-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle qui fait grève.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gréviste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les auteurs du meurtre furent arrêtés, mais quelqu'un de plus fut aussitôt impliqué dans l'affaire : Jules Durand, syndicaliste, gréviste.
La police attend avec des mitrailleuses et des gaz les grévistes noirs de Pennsylvanie.
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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