greyhound
\ɡʁɛj.awnd\
The verdict
“greyhound” is uncommon French (frequency #86,759 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,759
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lévrier greyhound.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greyhound · greyhound · French
greyhound · rank #86,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,759
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grasso
Nearest frequency peer: grasso (-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 « greyhound »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grandson
grandson
13,247 corpus weight
- grasso
grasso
13,244 corpus weight
- greyhound
greyhound
13,242 corpus weight
- grippaux
grippaux
13,240 corpus weight
- grisonnants
grisonnants
13,239 corpus weight
- Grésivaudan
Grésivaudan
13,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « greyhound » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greyhound |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛj.awnd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « greyhound » en français
Rare enough to double-check
greyhound is uncommon French at frequency #86,759 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɛj.awnd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lévrier greyhound.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for greyhound, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 greyhound, spelled G-R-E-Y-H-O-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Lévrier greyhound.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how greyhound appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un bien beau bateau que le Revenge, formidable et fin comme un greyhound, austère mais d’une élégance suprême.
Synonyms
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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