grandeur
/ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/
"grandeur" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grandeur” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,812
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grandeur · grandeur · English
grandeur · rank #21,812 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,812
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Granada
Nearest frequency peer: Granada (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grandeur”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- giddy
giddy
78,192 corpus weight
- GPU
GPU
78,191 corpus weight
- Granada
Granada
78,190 corpus weight
- grandeur
grandeur
78,189 corpus weight
- grappling
grappling
78,188 corpus weight
- Grover
Grover
78,187 corpus weight
What this shows “grandeur” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grandeur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grandeur”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around grandeur (IPA /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,812 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for grandeur, with forms such as "garndeur", "ggrandeur", and "gradneur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "grinder", "granger", "grande", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”). The correct English form is grandeur, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
- 2Nobility (state of being noble).
- 3Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grandeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown ——
So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garndeur
- ggrandeur
- gradneur
- granddeur
- granderu
- grandeurr
- granduer
- granedur
- granndeur
- grnadeur
- grrandeur
- rgandeur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grandeur - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grandeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).