gringalet
\ɡʁɛ̃.ɡa.lɛ\
The verdict
“gringalet” is uncommon French (frequency #87,693 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,693
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est faible de corps, petit et grêle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gringalet · gringalet · French
gringalet · rank #87,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,693
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grieux
Nearest frequency peer: grieux (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « gringalet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- graton
graton
12,312 corpus weight
- gravillons
gravillons
12,311 corpus weight
- grieux
grieux
12,309 corpus weight
- gringalet
gringalet
12,308 corpus weight
- grondent
grondent
12,305 corpus weight
- guérissant
guérissant
12,303 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gringalet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gringalet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁɛ̃.ɡa.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gringalet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gringalet is uncommon French at frequency #87,693 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɛ̃.ɡa.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est faible de corps, petit et grêle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gringalet in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gringalet, spelled G-R-I-N-G-A-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est faible de corps, petit et grêle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gringalet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rien ne s’élance de moi dont je puisse dire : « Ça va loin. » Non, c’est un fouillis de petites possibilités économes, de petits talents rabougris, de petites bontés bossues, de petites lâchetés clopinantes, de petits espoirs gringalets, de petites méchancetés chétives.
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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