grume
\ɡʁym\
The verdict
“grume” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écorce laissée sur le bois coupé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grume · grume · French
grume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | grume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁym\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grume is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁym\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
grume has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is grume, spelled G-R-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Écorce laissée sur le bois coupé.
- 2Tronc d’arbre abattu et ébranché et encore recouvert ou non de son écorce.
- 3Grain de raisin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bois de grume, en grume.
Vendre les bois en grume.
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.