grince

\ɡʁɛ̃s\

/\ɡʁɛ̃s\/ verb

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The verdict

“grince” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,316
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grincer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grince · grince · French

grince · rank #41,316 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,316
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grid

Nearest frequency peer: grid (-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 « grince »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grince » 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).

grince vs grise
67% similar
grince vs guinée
67% similar
grince vs grippe
67% similar

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

Key facts for grince
PropertyValue
Headwordgrince
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁɛ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,316
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grince »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grid » (#41,315), « grisons » (#41,317), « gousse » (#41,314). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grince » est au #41,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around grince (IPA \ɡʁɛ̃s\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,316 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grince, with forms such as "ggrince", "girnce", and "gricne". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "grise", "guinée", "grippe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grince, spelled G-R-I-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grincer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grincer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de grincer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de grincer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de grincer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La porte aux pivots tremblote, grince et démarre à petits coups…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrince
  • girnce
  • gricne
  • grincce
  • grinec
  • grinnce
  • grnice
  • grrince
  • rgince

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggrince1girnce2gricne2grincce1grinec2grinnce1grnice2grrince1
Edit distance from "grince"

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 "grince"?
"grince" is spelled G-R-I-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɛ̃s\.
What does "grince" mean?
As a verb, "grince" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de grincer.
What words are commonly confused with "grince"?
"grince" is commonly confused with "grise", "guinée", "grippe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grince"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grince" is \ɡʁɛ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grince" come from?
"grince" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gousse#41,314gifles#41,308farcir#41,288fanion#41,287

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

illettré9 variantsfeuillus9 variantsfamilia9 variantsessayera9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list