grijpen
\ɣɾɛj.pə:\
The verdict
“grijpen” 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) - Saisir, empoigner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grijpen · grijpen · French
grijpen · 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 | grijpen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɣɾɛj.pə:\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grijpen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grijpen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɣɾɛj.pə:\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for grijpen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 grijpen, spelled G-R-I-J-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1Saisir, empoigner.
- 2Prendre.
- 3S’engrener.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grijpen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De dief grijpen.
Hij wist snel de peuter te grijpen voor deze in de kolkende rivier viel.
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.