Grimault
\gʁi.mo\
The verdict
“Grimault” is uncommon French (frequency #92,803 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,803
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grimault · Grimault · French
Grimault · rank #92,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,803
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH griffure
Nearest frequency peer: griffure (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Grimault »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Granjon
Granjon
7,202 corpus weight
- granulaire
granulaire
7,201 corpus weight
- GRD
GRD
7,200 corpus weight
- griffure
griffure
7,199 corpus weight
- Grimault
Grimault
7,198 corpus weight
- grossie
grossie
7,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Grimault » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grimault |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \gʁi.mo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Grimault » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Grimault is uncommon French at frequency #92,803 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \gʁi.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Grimault, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Grimault, spelled G-R-I-M-A-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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