gronder

/\ɡʁɔ̃.de\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,845

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

gronder is aFrenchverb. It means: Faire entendre un bruit sourd, en parlant des animaux, ou des éléments. Pronounced \ɡʁɔ̃.de\. Often confused with grouper and grande.

Key facts for gronder
PropertyValue
Headwordgronder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁɔ̃.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,845
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gronder in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gronder is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɔ̃.de\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,845 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for gronder, with forms such as "ggronder", "gornder", and "grnoder". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grouper", "grande", "gronde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gronder, spelled G-R-O-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire entendre un bruit sourd, en parlant des animaux, ou des éléments.
  2. 2
    Murmurer ; se plaindre ; grommeler.
  3. 3
    Menacer ; exprimer des menaces.
  4. 4
    Réprimander un enfant ou un employé.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggronder,gornder,grnoder,grodner,grondder,gronderr,grondre,gronedr,gronnder,grronder,rgonder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gronder

Misspelling Variants of "gronder"

ggronder8gornder7grnoder7grodner7grondder8gronderr8grondre7gronedr7
Misspelling Variants of "gronder"

Frequency rank: #37,845 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gronder"?
"gronder" is spelled G-R-O-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɔ̃.de\.
What does "gronder" mean?
As a verb, "gronder" means: Faire entendre un bruit sourd, en parlant des animaux, ou des éléments.
What words are commonly confused with "gronder"?
"gronder" is commonly confused with "grouper", "grande", "gronde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gronder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gronder" is \ɡʁɔ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gronder" come from?
"gronder" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.