grondeur
\ɡʁɔ̃.dœʁ\
The verdict
“grondeur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime à gronder, à réprimander.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grondeur · grondeur · French
grondeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grondeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔ̃.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grondeur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grondeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɔ̃.dœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for grondeur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grondeur, spelled G-R-O-N-D-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui aime à gronder, à réprimander.
- 2Profond, sourd.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grondeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est grondeur.
Il est d’une humeur grondeuse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.