Grimm

\ɡʁim\

/\ɡʁim\/ name

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The verdict

“Grimm” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,578
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grimm · Grimm · French

Grimm · rank #22,578 · 6 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,578
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Greta

Nearest frequency peer: Greta (-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 « Grimm »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Grimm » 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).

Grimm vs gris
40% similar
Grimm vs grip
40% similar
Grimm vs grise
40% similar

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

Key facts for Grimm
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrimm
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡʁim\
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,578
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Grimm »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Greta » (#22,577), « gross » (#22,579), « Gestapo » (#22,576). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Grimm » est au #22,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Grimm (IPA \ɡʁim\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,578 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grimm, with forms such as "ggrimm", "girmm", and "grim". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gris", "grip", "grise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Grimm, spelled G-R-I-M-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille allemand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les frères Grimm.
  2. Ce fut une nuit de conte de Grimm avec cabane qui tremble dans le vent et petits enfants roses guettant l’ogre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrimm
  • girmm
  • grim
  • grmim
  • grrimm
  • rgimm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grimm - 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.

ggrimm1girmm2grim1grmim2grrimm1rgimm2
Edit distance from "Grimm"

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 "Grimm"?
"Grimm" is spelled G-R-I-M-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁim\.
What does "Grimm" mean?
As a proper noun, "Grimm" means: Nom de famille allemand.
What words are commonly confused with "Grimm"?
"Grimm" is commonly confused with "gris", "grip", "grise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Grimm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grimm" is \ɡʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grimm" come from?
"Grimm" 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 "Grimm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Greta#22,577gross#22,579geeks#22,575javel#22,596

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

hippie6 variantsHyde6 variantsjoyau6 variantskits6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list