grignon
\ɡʁi.ɲɔ̃\
The verdict
“grignon” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,483
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de l’entamure du pain du côté où il y a le plus de croûte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grignon · grignon · French
grignon · rank #44,483 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,483
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gradué
Nearest frequency peer: gradué (-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 « grignon »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- golem
golem
55,522 corpus weight
- gra
gra
55,520 corpus weight
- gradué
gradué
55,519 corpus weight
- grignon
grignon
55,518 corpus weight
- grossièreté
grossièreté
55,517 corpus weight
- Guzman
Guzman
55,515 corpus weight
What this shows « grignon » 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 | grignon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.ɲɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grignon »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around grignon (IPA \ɡʁi.ɲɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,483 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grignon, with forms such as "ggrignon", "girgnon", and "grginon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Grigny", "guignol", "grognon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grignon, spelled G-R-I-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Morceau de l’entamure du pain du côté où il y a le plus de croûte.
- 2Morceau.
- 3Biscuit sec faisant partie de la ration des marins.
- 4Tourteau de première ou de seconde pression.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a de bonnes dents, il prend toujours le grignon.
— Chez les Dissidents, y a-t-il encore du pain pour Jules qui n’a pas fini son lard ? Madeleine lui tendit un petit grignon.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrignon
- girgnon
- grginon
- griggnon
- grignno
- grignnon
- grignonn
- grigonn
- gringon
- grrignon
- rgignon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grignon - 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 "grignon", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).