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 May 6, 2026) - Remerciement, témoignage de reconnaissance.
| 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) |
Where “action de grâces” sits in French frequency
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.
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.
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Using “action de grâces”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-C-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -G-R-Â-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ak.sjɔ̃ də ɡʁɑs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.