Groningue
\ɡʁɔ.nœ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“Groningue” is uncommon French (frequency #67,563 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,563
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des douze provinces des Pays-Bas dont le chef-lieu est Groningue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-groningue · Groningue · French
Groningue · rank #67,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,563
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Grigor
Nearest frequency peer: Grigor (-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 « Groningue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grattez
grattez
32,442 corpus weight
- gravitant
gravitant
32,441 corpus weight
- Grigor
Grigor
32,439 corpus weight
- Groningue
Groningue
32,438 corpus weight
- grégorienne
grégorienne
32,436 corpus weight
- guignard
guignard
32,434 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Groningue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Groningue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔ.nœ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Groningue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Groningue is uncommon French at frequency #67,563 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡʁɔ.nœ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Groningue in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Groningue, spelled G-R-O-N-I-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Une des douze provinces des Pays-Bas dont le chef-lieu est Groningue.
- 2Commune et ville des Pays-Bas située dans la province de Groningue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Groningue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se spécialise en linguistique à l'université de Leipzig (1895-1896) et, de retour à Groningue, rédige un travail universitaire sous la direction du sanskriste Speiger, Le Vidûsaka dans le théâtre indien.
This word in other languages
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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