grigner
\ɡʁi.ɲe\
The verdict
“grigner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Grincer des dents, plisser les lèvres en montrant les dents, grimacer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grigner · grigner · French
grigner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | grigner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grigner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grigner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁi.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for grigner in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grigner, spelled G-R-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1ou Grincer des dents, plisser les lèvres en montrant les dents, grimacer.
- 2Plisser de façon anormale, faire des faux plis (en parlant de tissu), goder.
- 3Scarifier ou fendre le pain avant cuisson, traditionnellement afin de signer son pain pour le reconnaître dans le four commun, et pour laisser une partie des gaz s’échapper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grigner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’essentiel est de montrer les dents — C’est vrai ça ! Un chien qui grigne, on en a peur. — Eh bien ! nous grignerons, nous grignerons, mon brave !
Il avait l'air […] d’un enfant qu’on a empêché de faire une sottise, une saleté, et qui grigne, à la fois furieux et penaud.
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.