grognant
\ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“grognant” is uncommon French (frequency #73,202 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,202
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui grogne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grognant · grognant · French
grognant · rank #73,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,202
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grivois
Nearest frequency peer: grivois (-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 « grognant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- grouillant
grouillant
26,796 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grognant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grognant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grognant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grognant is uncommon French at frequency #73,202 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui grogne.".
Zero misspellings are on record for grognant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grognant, spelled G-R-O-G-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui grogne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grognant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Secouant l’éventail et le chasse-mouches de leur queue aux lueurs glissantes d’une blancheur dorée comme les rayons de la lune, les vaches grognantes n’y font-elles pas concorder le mot avec la chose dans son nom de roi des montagnes ?
Mais bien plus encore s’allongeaient ces trains les jours de foire de Cosnes : c’était alors une succession à n’en plus finir de wagons fermés contenant des cochons grognants ou des bestiaux trop serrés, dont on apercevait les têtes inquiètes par les vasistas des portières.
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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