grip

/\ɡʁip\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,198

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grip is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mâchoires métalliques destinées à saisir les câbles de traction des funiculaires et tramways guidés par câble. Pronounced \ɡʁip\. Often confused with gui and GTI.

Key facts for grip
PropertyValue
Headwordgrip
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁip\
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,198
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grip in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for grip is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁip\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,198 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for grip, with forms such as "ggrip", "girp", and "gripp". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gui", "GTI", "gros", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is grip, spelled G-R-I-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mâchoires métalliques destinées à saisir les câbles de traction des funiculaires et tramways guidés par câble.
  2. 2
    Revêtement antidérapant que l'on trouve entre autres sur le manche des raquettes, et des clubs de golf.
  3. 3
    Prise de main, ou manière de prendre en main un objet.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des équipements permettant de fixer les éclairages et caméras sur un plateau de tournage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrip,girp,gripp,grpi,grrip,rgip

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grip

Misspelling Variants of "grip"

ggrip5girp4gripp5grpi4grrip5rgip4
Misspelling Variants of "grip"

Frequency rank: #46,198 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grip"?
"grip" is spelled G-R-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁip\.
What does "grip" mean?
As a noun, "grip" means: Mâchoires métalliques destinées à saisir les câbles de traction des funiculaires et tramways guidés par câble.
What words are commonly confused with "grip"?
"grip" is commonly confused with "gui", "GTI", "gros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grip"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grip" is \ɡʁip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grip" come from?
"grip" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.