grandee
gran·dee/ɡɹænˈdiː/noun
grandee is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (gran·dee). It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grandee means “A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grandee is grandees.
How many letters and syllables are in grandee?
| Letters | 7: G-R-A-N-D-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gran·dee |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is grandee?
Grandee appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grandee?
- /ɡɹænˈdiː/
Grandee has 2 syllables, split gran·dee in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grandee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with grandee
Also written: grande.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with grandee?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as grandee.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grenade, enraged, agender, derange.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of grandee
- grandees plural
- grande
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grandee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
- 2
A person of high rank.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grandee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does grandee come from?
Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).