grumeau
\ɡʁy.mo\
The verdict
“grumeau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Petite portion durcie ou caillée de sang, de lait ou de tout autre matière liquide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grumeau · grumeau · French
grumeau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | grumeau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁy.mo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grumeau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁy.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grumeau, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grumeau, spelled G-R-U-M-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Petite portion durcie ou caillée de sang, de lait ou de tout autre matière liquide.
- 2Agglomération de matériaux pulvérulents, sablonneux mal dissous dans un liquide.
- 3Résidus de matériaux divers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grumeau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce lait est tourné, il s’est mis tout en grumeaux.
Cette colle, cette bouillie est pleine de grumeaux.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.