gronde

\ɡʁɔ̃d\

/\ɡʁɔ̃d\/ verb

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The verdict

“gronde” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,340
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gronder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gronde · gronde · French

gronde · rank #25,340 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,340
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grammy

Nearest frequency peer: Grammy (-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 « gronde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gronde » 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).

gronde vs grove
67% similar
gronde vs groupe
67% similar
gronde vs grosse
67% similar

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

Key facts for gronde
PropertyValue
Headwordgronde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁɔ̃d\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,340
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gronde »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grondese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Grammy » (#25,339), « gruyère » (#25,341), « gracieusement » (#25,338). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gronde » est au #25,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gronde (IPA \ɡʁɔ̃d\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,340 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gronde, with forms such as "ggronde", "gornde", and "grnode". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grove", "groupe", "grosse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gronde, spelled G-R-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gronder.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gronder.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gronder.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gronder.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de gronder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans ce cas, et dans l’ordre d’apparition des manifestations sonores à l’écran des journaux télévisés, il ralouille, râle, s’exclame, gronde, tonne, menace fermement, menace avec nuances, tonne, gronde, s’exclame, râle, ralouille et retourne au travail.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggronde
  • gornde
  • grnode
  • grodne
  • grondde
  • groned
  • gronnde
  • grronde
  • rgonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gronde - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggronde1gornde2grnode2grodne2grondde1groned2gronnde1grronde1
Edit distance from "gronde"

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 "gronde"?
"gronde" is spelled G-R-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɔ̃d\.
What does "gronde" mean?
As a verb, "gronde" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gronder.
What words are commonly confused with "gronde"?
"gronde" is commonly confused with "grove", "groupe", "grosse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gronde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gronde" is \ɡʁɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gronde" come from?
"gronde" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grammy#25,339futile#25,329Homère#25,351hélium#25,353

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

flatter9 variantsjacent9 variantsKendall9 variantsdévouée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list