grille-pain
\ɡʁij.pɛ̃\
The verdict
“grille-pain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil permettant de griller le pain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grille-pain · grille-pain · French
grille-pain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | grille-pain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁij.pɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grille-pain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁij.pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil permettant de griller le pain.".
Zero misspellings are on record for grille-pain in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grille-pain, spelled G-R-I-L-L-E---P-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Appareil permettant de griller le pain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grille-pain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notre foyer s'équipait, se suréquipait de tous les appareils et gadgets qui simplifient la vie domestique. Grille-pain, brosse à dents électrique, chaîne 2 x 100 watts et autres remparts illusoires contre le vide de l'existence.
Par son itinéraire, et celui de quelques autres, le roman met en scène l’« approximation existentielle » d’hommes et de femmes désemparées dans une société en perte d’humanité, qui se débarrasse des éclopés comme « des cafetières déglinguées, des grille-pain en panne ». Mais les grille-pain, eux, n’ont pas besoin de se sentir vivants.
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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.