grillon domestique
\ɡʁi.jɔ̃ dɔ.mɛs.tik\
The verdict
“grillon domestique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de grillon qui, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, trouve la chaleur nécessaire à sa vie dans les habitations humaines et les stations de métro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grillon domestique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.jɔ̃ dɔ.mɛs.tik\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grillon domestique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grillon domestique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁi.jɔ̃ dɔ.mɛs.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de grillon qui, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, trouve la chaleur nécessaire à sa vie dans les habitations humaines et les stations de métro.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grillon domestique, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is grillon domestique, spelled G-R-I-L-L-O-N- -D-O-M-E-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grillon qui, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, trouve la chaleur nécessaire à sa vie dans les habitations humaines et les stations de métro.
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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.
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- The one correct French spelling is G-R-I-L-L-O-N- -D-O-M-E-S-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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