griffin
\ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn\
The verdict
“griffin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,031
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Griffon (animal fantastique).
Corpus desk
Index FR-griffin · griffin · French
griffin · rank #21,031 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,031
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Griezmann
Nearest frequency peer: Griezmann (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « griffin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- graffiti
graffiti
78,974 corpus weight
- gratin
gratin
78,973 corpus weight
- Griezmann
Griezmann
78,971 corpus weight
- griffin
griffin
78,970 corpus weight
- Groenland
Groenland
78,969 corpus weight
- habitats
habitats
78,967 corpus weight
What this shows « griffin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | griffin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « griffin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around griffin (IPA \ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,031 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for griffin, with forms such as "ggriffin", "girffin", and "grfifin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "griffon", "griffith", "griffe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is griffin, spelled G-R-I-F-F-I-N.
Definition
- 1Griffon (animal fantastique).
- 2Griffon (symbole héraldique).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggriffin
- girffin
- grfifin
- griffinn
- griffni
- grififn
- grifin
- grriffin
- rgiffin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of griffin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "griffin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).