grogna
\ɡʁɔ.ɲa\
The verdict
“grogna” is uncommon French (frequency #83,001 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,001
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de grogner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grogna · grogna · French
grogna · rank #83,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,001
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH grisâtres
Nearest frequency peer: grisâtres (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “grogna”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grandissants
grandissants
17,004 corpus weight
- greffent
greffent
17,003 corpus weight
- greffière
greffière
17,002 corpus weight
- grisâtres
grisâtres
17,001 corpus weight
- grogna
grogna
17,000 corpus weight
- Gueugnon
Gueugnon
16,997 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “grogna” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grogna |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔ.ɲa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grogna” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grogna is uncommon French at frequency #83,001 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁɔ.ɲa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de grogner.".
Zero misspellings are on record for grogna in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grogna, spelled G-R-O-G-N-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de grogner.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grogna", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.