Griff
\ɡʀɪf\
The verdict
“Griff” is uncommon French (frequency #74,841 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,841
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poignée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-griff · Griff · French
Griff · rank #74,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,841
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gredin
Nearest frequency peer: gredin (-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 « Griff »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- granuleux
granuleux
25,163 corpus weight
- grattait
grattait
25,162 corpus weight
- gredin
gredin
25,161 corpus weight
- Griff
Griff
25,160 corpus weight
- groggy
groggy
25,159 corpus weight
- grossophobie
grossophobie
25,158 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Griff » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Griff |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʀɪf\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Griff » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Griff is uncommon French at frequency #74,841 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʀɪf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Griff doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Griff, spelled G-R-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Poignée.
- 2Coup ou tour de main.
- 3im Griff haben: dominer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Griff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tür hatte keinen Griff.
Unter fremden Sternbildern, vor den steinernen Zeugen der Pyramiden hatte [Napoleon] gefochten, war dann, müd, ein grandios begonnenes Werk zäh zu vollenden, auf winzigem Schiffe durchgeschlüpft zwischen den lauernden Korvetten Nelsons, faßte ein paar Tage nach seiner Ankunft eine Handvoll Getreuer zusammen, fegte den widerstrebenden Konvent rein und riß…
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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