à grands frais
\a ɡʁɑ̃ fʁɛ\
The verdict
“à grands frais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de à grand frais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-grands-frais · à grands frais · French
à grands frais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à grands frais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a ɡʁɑ̃ fʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à grands frais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ɡʁɑ̃ fʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de à grand frais.".
à grands frais has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à grands frais, spelled À- -G-R-A-N-D-S- -F-R-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de à grand frais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à grands frais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les tableaux de Decamps et de Marilhat, qui n’ont peint que des sites d’Asie ou d’Afrique, donnent de l’Espagne une idée bien plus juste que tous les tableaux rapportés à grands frais de la Péninsule.
Les maisons sont en bois, et comme le pays ne produit pas d’arbres, on fait venir à grands frais de la Norwége les matériaux de construction.
Antonyms
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.