Grohl
The verdict
“Grohl” is uncommon French (frequency #84,853 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,853
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grohl · Grohl · French
Grohl · rank #84,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,853
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gringe
Nearest frequency peer: gringe (-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 « Grohl »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- greffées
greffées
15,152 corpus weight
- grillagée
grillagée
15,151 corpus weight
- grillent
grillent
15,150 corpus weight
- gringe
gringe
15,149 corpus weight
- Grohl
Grohl
15,148 corpus weight
- guerroyer
guerroyer
15,145 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Grohl » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grohl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Grohl » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Grohl is uncommon French at frequency #84,853 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Grohl, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Grohl, spelled G-R-O-H-L.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Grohl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’iconique leadeur des Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, a organisé un barbecue géant pour 450 sans-abri à la Hope Mission de Los Angeles.
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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