grivèlerie
\ɡʁi.vɛl.ʁi\
The verdict
“grivèlerie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de griveler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grivelerie · grivèlerie · French
grivèlerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | grivèlerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.vɛl.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grivèlerie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁi.vɛl.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for grivèlerie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grivèlerie, spelled G-R-I-V-È-L-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Action de griveler.
- 2Grivèlerie d'aliment, action de partir d’un restaurant ou d’un café sans payer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grivèlerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Roi ne fait jamais d’histoires ; en présence des vols, des pillages, des grivèleries, il se taît.
Attendu qu’il résulte du dossier que X… a cité directement devant le tribunal correctionnel de Nice le nommé Y… et six autres prévenus, à qui il imputait une série de faits constitutifs de diverses infractions et notamment des délits d’abus de confiance, de grivèlerie et de bris de clôture ; […]
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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.