grivois
\ɡʁi.vwa\
The verdict
“grivois” is uncommon French (frequency #73,201 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,201
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est égrillard et tient du libertinage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grivois · grivois · French
grivois · rank #73,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,201
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grippal
Nearest frequency peer: grippal (-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 « grivois »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grammairiens
grammairiens
26,803 corpus weight
- grandet
grandet
26,802 corpus weight
- grippal
grippal
26,801 corpus weight
- grivois
grivois
26,800 corpus weight
- grognant
grognant
26,799 corpus weight
- groin
groin
26,798 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grivois » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grivois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.vwa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grivois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grivois is uncommon French at frequency #73,201 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁi.vwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grivois, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grivois, spelled G-R-I-V-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qui est égrillard et tient du libertinage.
- 2D’une humeur libre et hardie. Leste en propos et en actions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grivois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est souvent grivois dans ses propos. Propos grivois. Contes grivois. Chanson grivoise.
Cependant le propriétaire commençait à jouer de la prunelle d’une façon extraordinaire. Il se balançait sur sa chaise, tenait des propos grivois.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).