grimper
\ɡʁɛ̃.pe\
The verdict
“grimper” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,009
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gravir, monter en s’agrippant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grimper · grimper · French
grimper · rank #10,009 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,009
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gilet
Nearest frequency peer: gilet (-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 « grimper »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- finesse
finesse
89,995 corpus weight
- fuit
fuit
89,994 corpus weight
- gilet
gilet
89,993 corpus weight
- grimper
grimper
89,992 corpus weight
- Hassan
Hassan
89,991 corpus weight
- hauteurs
hauteurs
89,990 corpus weight
What this shows « grimper » 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 | grimper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ̃.pe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grimper »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around grimper (IPA \ɡʁɛ̃.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,009 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grimper, with forms such as "ggrimper", "girmper", and "grimepr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "grippe", "grincer", "grouper", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grimper, spelled G-R-I-M-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gravir, monter en s’agrippant.
- 2S’élever en s’accrochant aux corps voisins, en parlant de la tige d’une plante.
- 3Monter avec peine.
- 4S’emballer, réagir vivement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grimper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous gagnons le haut de la ville et suivons d'abord la route de la Perdoma ; puis, obliquant à gauche, nous nous engageons dans un chemin grimpant la montagne entre une double haie d’agaves couvertes de liserons et de géraniums arborescents.
Le fossile d'une espèce disparue de kangourous a révélé d'étonnantes capacités à grimper aux arbres, il y a environ 50 000 ans dans une plaine d'Australie, aujourd'hui… dépourvue d'arbres, selon une étude parue mercredi.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrimper
- girmper
- grimepr
- grimmper
- grimperr
- grimpper
- grimpre
- gripmer
- grmiper
- grrimper
- rgimper
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grimper - 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
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).