grogner
\ɡʁɔ.ɲe\
The verdict
“grogner” is an uncommon French word, ranked #56,628 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #56,628
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire entendre son cri, pour le cochon, le loup ou le chien.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grogner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔ.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grogner” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grogner is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɔ.ɲe\. Corpus data places it at rank #56,628 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
grogner has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grogner, spelled G-R-O-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre son cri, pour le cochon, le loup ou le chien.
- 2Murmurer, témoigner par un bruit sourd, entre ses dents, que l’on est mécontent.
- 3Dire quelque chose sur un ton qui ressemble à un grognement.
- 4Faire le même bruit qu’un grognement.
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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Using “grogner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-O-G-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁɔ.ɲe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.