grisbi
\ɡʁiz.bi\
The verdict
“grisbi” is uncommon French (frequency #96,982 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,982
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Argent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grisbi · grisbi · French
grisbi · rank #96,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,982
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grognent
Nearest frequency peer: grognent (+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 « grisbi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gravant
gravant
3,024 corpus weight
- GRH
GRH
3,023 corpus weight
- grimoires
grimoires
3,021 corpus weight
- grisbi
grisbi
3,019 corpus weight
- grognent
grognent
3,018 corpus weight
- Grosbois
Grosbois
3,017 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grisbi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grisbi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁiz.bi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grisbi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grisbi is uncommon French at frequency #96,982 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁiz.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Argent.".
No misspelling variants are generated for grisbi in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 grisbi, spelled G-R-I-S-B-I.
Definition
- 1Argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grisbi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grisbi or not grisbi.
Maître Folace : Touche pas au grisbi, salope !
This word in other languages
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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