griser

\ɡʁi.ze\

/\ɡʁi.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“griser” is uncommon French (frequency #93,835 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,835
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre de couleur grise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-griser · griser · French

griser · rank #93,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,835
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grimpez

Nearest frequency peer: grimpez (-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 « griser »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « griser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for griser
PropertyValue
Headwordgriser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁi.ze\
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « griser » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grisertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « grimpez » (#93,834), « grizzli » (#93,836), « Grund » (#93,837). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « griser » est au #93,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

griser is uncommon French at frequency #93,835 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for griser, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is griser, spelled G-R-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre de couleur grise.
  2. 2
    Porter à la tête, étourdir en parlant de paroles, de liqueurs enivrantes, de la fumée du tabac, etc.
  3. 3
    Faire boire quelqu’un, rendre gris, saouler.
  4. 4
    Boire à l’excès ; s’enivrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how griser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il était presque dix-huit heures trente, la rue se grisait lentement, un apaisement après l'agitation de la journée.
  2. Comment griser les cellules d’un tableau ?

Synonyms

grisir

Antonyms

dégriser

This word in other languages

gray(English)encanecer(Español)ergrauen(Deutsch)acinzentar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "griser"?
"griser" is spelled G-R-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi.ze\.
What does "griser" mean?
As a verb, "griser" means: Rendre de couleur grise.
How do you pronounce "griser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "griser" is \ɡʁi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "griser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grésil#93,838Grexit#93,832gélose#93,845hampes#93,852

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list