action de grâces
\ak.sjɔ̃ də ɡʁɑs\
The verdict
“action de grâces” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remerciement, témoignage de reconnaissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-action-de-graces · action de grâces · French
action de grâces · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | action de grâces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ak.sjɔ̃ də ɡʁɑs\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « action de grâces » en français
Rare enough to double-check
action de grâces is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ak.sjɔ̃ də ɡʁɑs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Remerciement, témoignage de reconnaissance.".
action de grâces doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is action de grâces, spelled A-C-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -G-R-Â-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Remerciement, témoignage de reconnaissance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how action de grâces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était le cantique d’actions de grâces des sept vierges, qui remerciaient le Seigneur.
Messieurs, dit-elle, pour nous autres enfans de Genève, ce jour est un jour d’action de grâces, et ce repas est la commémoration d’un grand bienfait.
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.