grimaces
\ɡʁi.mas\
The verdict
“grimaces” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,423
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de grimace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grimaces · grimaces · French
grimaces · rank #32,423 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,423
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH graphite
Nearest frequency peer: graphite (-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 « grimaces »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gobelets
gobelets
67,581 corpus weight
- Granby
Granby
67,580 corpus weight
- graphite
graphite
67,579 corpus weight
- grimaces
grimaces
67,578 corpus weight
- guirlande
guirlande
67,577 corpus weight
- Gustavo
Gustavo
67,576 corpus weight
What this shows « grimaces » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grimaces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.mas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grimaces »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around grimaces (IPA \ɡʁi.mas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,423 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de grimace.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for grimaces, with forms such as "ggrimaces", "girmaces", and "griamces". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "grâces", "grimace", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grimaces, spelled G-R-I-M-A-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de grimace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grimaces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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,…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrimaces
- girmaces
- griamces
- grimacces
- grimacess
- grimacse
- grimaecs
- grimcaes
- grimmaces
- grmiaces
- grrimaces
- rgimaces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grimaces - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).