grotesques

Name: grotesques, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɡʁɔ.tɛsk\

/\ɡʁɔ.tɛsk\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“grotesques” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,070
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de grotesque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grotesques · grotesques · French

grotesques · rank #35,070 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #35,070
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH grimaud

Nearest frequency peer: grimaud (-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.

GPL

64,934
graviers

64,933
grimaud

64,932
grotesques

64,931
groupuscules

64,930
guitar

64,929

What this shows « grotesques » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grotesques vs grotesque

90% similar

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

Key facts for grotesques
Property	Value
Headword	grotesques
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ɡʁɔ.tɛsk\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#35,070
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grotesques »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grotesquesse place ici:

#35,070

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grimaud » (#35,069), « groupuscules » (#35,071), « graviers » (#35,068). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grotesques » est au #35,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around grotesques (IPA \ɡʁɔ.tɛsk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,070 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de grotesque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for grotesques, with forms such as "ggrotesques", "gortesques", and "groetsques". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "grotesque", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grotesques, spelled G-R-O-T-E-S-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de grotesque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Presque tous ont une signification qui importe au récit, mais une trop grande littéralité aurait produit en français des phrases interminables, parfois grotesques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ggrotesques
gortesques
groetsques
groteqsues
grotesqeus
grotesqques
grotesquess
grotesquse
grotessques
grotesuqes
grotseques
grottesques
grrotesques
grtoesques
rgotesques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grotesques - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "grotesques"

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 "grotesques"?

"grotesques" is spelled G-R-O-T-E-S-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɔ.tɛsk\.

What does "grotesques" mean?

As an adjective, "grotesques" means: Pluriel de grotesque.

What words are commonly confused with "grotesques"?

"grotesques" is commonly confused with "grotesque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "grotesques"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grotesques" is \ɡʁɔ.tɛsk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "grotesques" come from?

"grotesques" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grotesques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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