Grigori

name

The verdict

“Grigori” is uncommon French (frequency #65,198 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,198
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin russe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grigori · Grigori · French

Grigori · rank #65,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,198
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grinder

Nearest frequency peer: grinder (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Grigori »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Grigori » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grigori
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrigori
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,198
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Grigori » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Grigoritombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « grinder » (#65,199), « Guesde » (#65,200), « goélands » (#65,195). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Grigori » est au #65,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grigori is uncommon French at frequency #65,198 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin russe.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Grigori in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Grigori, spelled G-R-I-G-O-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin russe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Grigori appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ingénieur à la Compagnie électromécanique lyonnaise, Grigori Garfinkel, c’est son identité réelle, appartient aux agents de la Commission de vérification chargée de « décribler » les détenus, de contrôler les identités, élargissant, selon le règlement, les femmes enceintes, les enfants non accompagnés, les anciens combattants et les prolétaires marocains,…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Grigori"?
"Grigori" is spelled G-R-I-G-O-R-I.
What does "Grigori" mean?
As a proper noun, "Grigori" means: Prénom masculin russe.
What language does "Grigori" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Grigori", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list