grognements
\ɡʁɔɲ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“grognements” is uncommon French (frequency #56,002 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,002
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de grognement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grognements · grognements · French
grognements · rank #56,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,002
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grease
Nearest frequency peer: grease (-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 « grognements »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gounod
Gounod
44,003 corpus weight
- goupille
goupille
44,002 corpus weight
- grease
grease
44,000 corpus weight
- grognements
grognements
43,999 corpus weight
- grégaire
grégaire
43,998 corpus weight
- Guangdong
Guangdong
43,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grognements » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grognements |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔɲ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grognements » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grognements is uncommon French at frequency #56,002 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɔɲ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de grognement.".
grognements has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grognements, spelled G-R-O-G-N-E-M-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de grognement.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).