gruselig
\ˈɡʁuːzəlɪç\
The verdict
“gruselig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terrible, effrayant, lugubre, macabre, sinistre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gruselig · gruselig · French
gruselig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | gruselig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡʁuːzəlɪç\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gruselig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡʁuːzəlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Terrible, effrayant, lugubre, macabre, sinistre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gruselig in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gruselig, spelled G-R-U-S-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1Terrible, effrayant, lugubre, macabre, sinistre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gruselig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das war mir zu gruselig, nachts allein da zu stehen. - Être là seule de nuit me faisait trop peur.
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.