griots
\ɡʁi.jo\
The verdict
“griots” is uncommon French (frequency #71,558 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,558
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de griot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-griots · griots · French
griots · rank #71,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,558
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grossièretés
Nearest frequency peer: grossièretés (+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 « griots »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gouy
Gouy
28,446 corpus weight
- goûtant
goûtant
28,445 corpus weight
- griots
griots
28,443 corpus weight
- grossièretés
grossièretés
28,442 corpus weight
- grou
grou
28,441 corpus weight
- guelfes
guelfes
28,440 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « griots » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | griots |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.jo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « griots » en français
Rare enough to double-check
griots is uncommon French at frequency #71,558 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁi.jo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de griot.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for griots, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is griots, spelled G-R-I-O-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de griot.
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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