grotesk
\ɡʁoˈtɛsk\
The verdict
“grotesk” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grotesque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grotesk · grotesk · French
grotesk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | grotesk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁoˈtɛsk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grotesk is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁoˈtɛsk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grotesque.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grotesk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grotesk, spelled G-R-O-T-E-S-K.
Definition
- 1Grotesque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grotesk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie Eduard selbst anmerkt, ist eine Chronik des Lebens in der Sowjetunion während der sechziger Jahre nicht vollständig ohne den KGB. Der westliche Leser zittert schon. Er denkt an den Gulag und an Internierungen in der Psychiatrie, doch auch wenn Eduard sich öfter auf der Polizeiwache wiederfand, als ihm lieb war, so war sein Kontakt mit den Organen von…
Tierische Fressfeinde sind ohnehin selten und werden überdies von vornherein durch die dicht an dicht stehenden Stachel abgeschreckt. Dieses Fehlen eines Selektionsdrucks erlaubt den Kakteen, ungeniert eine große Vielfalt an grotesken, zum Amüsement der Touristen geeigneten Formen hervorzubringen.
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.