grignote
\ɡʁi.ɲɔt\
The verdict
“grignote” is uncommon French (frequency #50,245 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,245
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grignoter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grignote |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.ɲɔt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grignote” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grignote is uncommon French at frequency #50,245 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁi.ɲɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grignote, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grignote, spelled G-R-I-G-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grignoter.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grignoter.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de grignoter.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de grignoter.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de grignoter.
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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Using “grignote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-I-G-N-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁi.ɲɔt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.