grognon

\ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\

/\ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“grognon” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,809
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui grogne. — Note d’usage : Le féminin est peu attesté quand il s’applique aux personnes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grognon · grognon · French

grognon · rank #41,809 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,809
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grau

Nearest frequency peer: grau (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grognon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grognon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grognon vs Gagnon
57% similar
grognon vs grignon
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grognon
PropertyValue
Headwordgrognon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,809
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grognon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grognonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grau » (#41,808), « groot » (#41,810), « glam » (#41,807). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grognon » est au #41,809. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around grognon (IPA \ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,809 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grognon, with forms such as "ggrognon", "gorgnon", and "grgonon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Gagnon", "grignon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grognon, spelled G-R-O-G-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui grogne. — Note d’usage : Le féminin est peu attesté quand il s’applique aux personnes.
  2. 2
    Renfrogné. — Note d’usage : Dans ce sens, il peut avoir un féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grognon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Laisse-la, Charles. Tu sais bien qu’elle est toujours grognon.
  2. Le phoque, devenu «assez grognon à cause de l'interruption de sa sieste», a été déplacé à l'aide d'un panier spécial et «relâché dans un endroit sûr et plus calme», a précisé l'association.

Synonyms

chagrinréchin

Antonyms

paisiblecalme

This word in other languages

grumpy(English)gruñón(Español)brummig(Deutsch)brusco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrognon
  • gorgnon
  • grgonon
  • groggnon
  • grognno
  • grognnon
  • grognonn
  • grogonn
  • grongon
  • grrognon
  • rgognon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grognon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggrognon1gorgnon2grgonon2groggnon1grognno2grognnon1grognonn1grogonn2
Edit distance from "grognon"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grognon"?
"grognon" is spelled G-R-O-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "grognon" mean?
As an adjective, "grognon" means: Qui grogne. — Note d’usage : Le féminin est peu attesté quand il s’applique aux personnes.
What words are commonly confused with "grognon"?
"grognon" is commonly confused with "Gagnon", "grignon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grognon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grognon" is \ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grognon" come from?
"grognon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grognon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Garland#41,801gageure#41,799haddock#41,819Hepburn#41,821

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

frottent11 variantshippiques11 variantsesquisser11 variantsjacents11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list