Grévy

\ɡʁe.vi\

/\ɡʁe.vi\/ name

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The verdict

“Grévy” is uncommon French (frequency #73,207 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,207
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grevy · Grévy · French

Grévy · rank #73,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,207
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH guadeloupéens

Nearest frequency peer: guadeloupéens (+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 « Grévy »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Grévy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grévy
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrévy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡʁe.vi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Grévy » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Grévytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « guadeloupéens » (#73,208), « grouillant » (#73,205), « Gudule » (#73,209). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Grévy » est au #73,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grévy is uncommon French at frequency #73,207 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡʁe.vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Grévy, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Grévy, spelled G-R-É-V-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le président Grévy, qui était fort intelligent, avait aboli virtuellement la peine de mort, en ne l’appliquant jamais. Que ses successeurs n’ont-ils imité son exemple !
  2. Né sous le premier Empire, Jules Grévy accéda à la présidence en 1879, puis en 1885, à 78 ans.

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 "Grévy"?
"Grévy" is spelled G-R-É-V-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁe.vi\.
What does "Grévy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Grévy" means: Nom de famille français.
How do you pronounce "Grévy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grévy" is \ɡʁe.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grévy" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

groin#73,203gondi#73,192Havel#73,224Girac#73,188

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list