grisonner
\ɡʁi.zɔ.ne\
The verdict
“grisonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir grison, en parlant des cheveux, de la barbe ou des poils.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grisonner · grisonner · French
grisonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grisonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.zɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grisonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁi.zɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
grisonner has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grisonner, spelled G-R-I-S-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Devenir grison, en parlant des cheveux, de la barbe ou des poils.
- 2Devenir gris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grisonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est vrai qu’une longue et épaisse chevelure, qui commençait à grisonner, rendait à son maître le même service qu’aurait pu faire la coiffure la plus confortable, ….
Voilà bien sa palatine ; mais elle a grisonné, monsieur Vautrin, s’écria Mme Poiret.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.