grignoter
\ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te\
The verdict
“grignoter” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #24,228 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #24,228
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manger petit à petit en rongeant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grignoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grignoter” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grignoter is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,228 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for grignoter, with forms such as "ggrignoter", "girgnoter", and "grginoter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grignoter, spelled G-R-I-G-N-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Manger petit à petit en rongeant.
- 2Consommer petit à petit.
- 3Faire un petit profit dans une affaire.
- 4Manger par petites quantités, en dehors des repas.
- 5Envahir lentement et régulièrement.
- 6Réduire lentement et graduellement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrignoter,girgnoter,grginoter,griggnoter,grignnoter,grignoetr,grignoterr,grignotre,grignotter,grigntoer,grigonter,gringoter,grrignoter,rgignoter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grignoter - 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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Using “grignoter”
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-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.