grincer des dents
\ɡʁɛ̃.se de dɑ̃\
The verdict
“grincer des dents” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ressentir de l’agacement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grincer-des-dents · grincer des dents · French
grincer des dents · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grincer des dents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ̃.se de dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grincer des dents is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁɛ̃.se de dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ressentir de l’agacement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grincer des dents, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grincer des dents, spelled G-R-I-N-C-E-R- -D-E-S- -D-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Ressentir de l’agacement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grincer des dents appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi songeait M. Bergeret dans son fauteuil. Mais les mouvements de son âme étaient si mal réglés que, tout aussitôt, il roula des yeux sanglants, grinça des dents et serra les poings jusqu’à s’enfoncer les ongles dans les paumes.
Très scrutées, les « unes » de Charlie, devenu un symbole bien au-delà des frontières françaises, font souvent grincer des dents.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.