grizzli
\ɡʁiz.li\
The verdict
“grizzli” is uncommon French (frequency #93,836 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,836
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-espèce de l’ours brun (Ursus arctos horribilis) vivant dans le nord-est des États-Unis et du Canada.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grizzli · grizzli · French
grizzli · rank #93,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,836
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH griser
Nearest frequency peer: griser (-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 « grizzli »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Grexit
Grexit
6,169 corpus weight
- grimpez
grimpez
6,167 corpus weight
- griser
griser
6,166 corpus weight
- grizzli
grizzli
6,165 corpus weight
- Grund
Grund
6,164 corpus weight
- grésil
grésil
6,163 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grizzli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grizzli |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁiz.li\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grizzli » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grizzli is uncommon French at frequency #93,836 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁiz.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sous-espèce de l’ours brun (Ursus arctos horribilis) vivant dans le nord-est des États-Unis et du Canada.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grizzli, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grizzli, spelled G-R-I-Z-Z-L-I.
Definition
- 1Sous-espèce de l’ours brun (Ursus arctos horribilis) vivant dans le nord-est des États-Unis et du Canada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grizzli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le grizzli charge, attaque, gueule ouverte.
Une chèvre de montagne a échappé aux griffes d’un grizzli dans les Rocheuses canadiennes en tuant le féroce prédateur grâce à ses cornes pointues, confirme une nécropsie menée par Parcs Canada.
Synonyms
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).