greylist
\ɡʁej.list\
The verdict
“greylist” 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) - Liste présentant un risque de malveillance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-greylist · greylist · French
greylist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | greylist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁej.list\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « greylist » en français
Rare enough to double-check
greylist is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁej.list\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for greylist in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is greylist, spelled G-R-E-Y-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Liste présentant un risque de malveillance.
- 2Liste d'adresses électroniques envoyant pour la première fois un message à un serveur, afin de rejeter le message la première fois et de l’accepter s’il est réémis, pour limiter les risques de spam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how greylist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les vérifications syntaxiques tiennent compte des caractères internationaux, ainsi que de la syntaxe spécifique à certains noms de domaine. Par ailleurs, la librairie prend également en considération les serveurs « catch-all » et les « greylists ».
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.