groche
\ɡʁɔʃ\
The verdict
“groche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie en usage en Albanie au début du XXᵉ siècle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-groche · groche · French
groche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | groche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « groche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
groche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for groche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 groche, spelled G-R-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Monnaie en usage en Albanie au début du XXᵉ siècle.
- 2Monnaie en usage en Bulgarie au début du XXᵉ siècle, valant vingt centimes.
- 3Appellation générale de petites monnaies en circulation en Europe centrale et orientale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how groche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son père lui avait donné un groche, mais Gjorg ne savait pas trop s’il pouvait vraiment le dépenser ou s’il devait le rapporter chez lui intact.
Soyez certain, monsieur, que ce petit chien ne vaut pas huit grivenniks ; je n'en donnerais pas personnellement huit groches ; mais madame la comtesse l’adore, Dieu me pardonne, l’adore !
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.