grimace

\ɡʁi.mas\

/\ɡʁi.mas\/ noun

The verdict

“grimace” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,333
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contorsion du visage faite souvent à dessein.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grimace · grimace · French

grimace · rank #21,333 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,333
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH graveur

Nearest frequency peer: graveur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grimace »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grimace » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grimace vs grimpé
57% similar
grimace vs grince
71% similar
grimace vs grimaud
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grimace
PropertyValue
Headwordgrimace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁi.mas\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,333
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grimace »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grimacese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « graveur » (#21,332), « glorieuses » (#21,331), « gui » (#21,335). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grimace » est au #21,333. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grimace (IPA \ɡʁi.mas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,333 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grimace, with forms such as "ggrimace", "girmace", and "griamce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "grimpé", "grince", "grimaud", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grimace, spelled G-R-I-M-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contorsion du visage faite souvent à dessein.
  2. 2
    Feinte ; fausses apparences ; dissimulation ; simagrées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un de nos hommes, pour s'amuser, se mit à loucher et à faire des grimaces; aussitôt un des jeunes Fuégiens, dont le visage était peint tout en noir, sauf une bande blanche à la hauteur des yeux, se mit aussi à faire des grimaces et il faut avouer qu'elles étaient bien plus hideuses que celles de notre matelot.
  2. Il avait réussi à prendre quelques photos : des CRS à moitié endormis, bottés et casqués, le Mauser lance-grenades à la bretelle, rencognés, non loin du CHU et de la fac de droit, comme une poignée d’oiseaux mouillés, sous les grimaces provocatrices et vengeresses des masques de pierre du vieil hôtel de Cerisy ; un garde-mobile ronflant la bouche ouverte,…

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrimace
  • girmace
  • griamce
  • grimacce
  • grimaec
  • grimcae
  • grimmace
  • grmiace
  • grrimace
  • rgimace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grimace - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggrimace1girmace2griamce2grimacce1grimaec2grimcae2grimmace1grmiace2
Edit distance from "grimace"

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 "grimace"?
"grimace" is spelled G-R-I-M-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi.mas\.
What does "grimace" mean?
As a noun, "grimace" means: Contorsion du visage faite souvent à dessein.
What words are commonly confused with "grimace"?
"grimace" is commonly confused with "grimpé", "grince", "grimaud". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grimace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grimace" is \ɡʁi.mas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grimace" come from?
"grimace" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list