gronder

\ɡʁɔ̃.de\

/\ɡʁɔ̃.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“gronder” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,845
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre un bruit sourd, en parlant des animaux, ou des éléments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gronder · gronder · French

gronder · rank #37,845 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,845
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gravelines

Nearest frequency peer: gravelines (-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 « gronder »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gronder » 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).

gronder vs grouper
71% similar
gronder vs grande
71% similar
gronder vs gronde
86% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gronder »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gronderse 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 « gravelines » (#37,844), « GTI » (#37,846), « gousses » (#37,843). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gronder » est au #37,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around gronder (IPA \ɡʁɔ̃.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,845 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gronder, with forms such as "ggronder", "gornder", and "grnoder". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grouper", "grande", "gronde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gronder, spelled G-R-O-N-D-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le chien se mit à gronder.
  2. L’orage gronde.

Synonyms

tonnerhurlerparler dans sa barbe

This word in other languages

howl(English)gruñir(Español)brummen(Deutsch)grunhir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggronder
  • gornder
  • grnoder
  • grodner
  • grondder
  • gronderr
  • grondre
  • gronedr
  • gronnder
  • grronder
  • rgonder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gronder - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggronder1gornder2grnoder2grodner2grondder1gronderr1grondre2gronedr2
Edit distance from "gronder"

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 "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'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 "gronder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

gousses#37,843guillot#37,847hacking#37,851Gendron#37,832

Similar misspelling depth

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

guinéenne11 variantshautbois11 variantsindiquez11 variantsinfinite11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list