grison

\ɡʁi.zɔ̃\

/\ɡʁi.zɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“grison” is uncommon French (frequency #82,083 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,083
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à Grisy-sur-Seine, commune française située dans le département de la Seine-et-Marne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grison · grison · French

grison · rank #82,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,083
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grever

Nearest frequency peer: grever (-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 « grison »

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 « grison » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grison
PropertyValue
Headwordgrison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁi.zɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,083
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grison » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grisontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « grever » (#82,082), « Grenet » (#82,081), « grouillante » (#82,085). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grison » est au #82,083. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grison is uncommon French at frequency #82,083 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁi.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grison, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grison, spelled G-R-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à Grisy-sur-Seine, commune française située dans le département de la Seine-et-Marne.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux Grisons, canton suisse situé à l'est du pays.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. samedi 25 janvier: il parait que les CFF, sur ordre de la police grisonne, n'ont pas assez de wagons pour faire des trains spéciaux pour monter a Davos.

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 "grison"?
"grison" is spelled G-R-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi.zɔ̃\.
What does "grison" mean?
As an adjective, "grison" means: Relatif à Grisy-sur-Seine, commune française située dans le département de la Seine-et-Marne.
How do you pronounce "grison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grison" is \ɡʁi.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grison" come from?
"grison" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

grever#82,082Grenet#82,081goûtée#82,078gênées#82,090

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list