grimoire

\ɡʁi.mwaʁ\

/\ɡʁi.mwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“grimoire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,643
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre de magie à l’aide duquel les magiciens prétendaient évoquer les démons, opérer des prodiges, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grimoire · grimoire · French

grimoire · rank #45,643 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,643
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grattage

Nearest frequency peer: grattage (-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 « grimoire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grimoire » 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).

grimoire vs Grégoire
63% similar

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

Key facts for grimoire
PropertyValue
Headwordgrimoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁi.mwaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,643
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grimoire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grimoirese 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 « grattage » (#45,642), « grossis » (#45,644), « grabuge » (#45,641). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grimoire » est au #45,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around grimoire (IPA \ɡʁi.mwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,643 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grimoire, with forms such as "ggrimoire", "girmoire", and "grimiore". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Grégoire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 grimoire, spelled G-R-I-M-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Livre de magie à l’aide duquel les magiciens prétendaient évoquer les démons, opérer des prodiges, etc.
  2. 2
    Écrit obscur et écriture difficile à lire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah! ne crois pas celui qui dit : « Je sais! je sais, Car j’ai des jours, des mois des ans penché la tête Au-dessus du grimoire où les mots sont tracés! »
  2. Cependant le soudard étala diaboliquement sur la table, à la lueur du suif, un grimoire où vint s’ébattre une mouche grillée.

This word in other languages

grimoire(English)grimorio(Español)Grimoire(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrimoire
  • girmoire
  • grimiore
  • grimmoire
  • grimoier
  • grimoirre
  • grimorie
  • griomire
  • grmioire
  • grrimoire
  • rgimoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grimoire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggrimoire1girmoire2grimiore2grimmoire1grimoier2grimoirre1grimorie2griomire2
Edit distance from "grimoire"

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 "grimoire"?
"grimoire" is spelled G-R-I-M-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi.mwaʁ\.
What does "grimoire" mean?
As a noun, "grimoire" means: Livre de magie à l’aide duquel les magiciens prétendaient évoquer les démons, opérer des prodiges, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "grimoire"?
"grimoire" is commonly confused with "Grégoire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grimoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grimoire" is \ɡʁi.mwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grimoire" come from?
"grimoire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grattage#45,642génitale#45,647gonflées#45,639Gilberte#45,638

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

guillemot11 variantsHodgson11 variantsfarfelue11 variantsensuivit11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list