arrière-grands-parents
\a.ʁjɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃.pa.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“arrière-grands-parents” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de arrière-grand-parent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arriere-grands-parents · arrière-grands-parents · French
arrière-grands-parents · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | arrière-grands-parents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁjɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃.pa.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arrière-grands-parents » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arrière-grands-parents is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁjɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃.pa.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de arrière-grand-parent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arrière-grands-parents, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is arrière-grands-parents, spelled A-R-R-I-È-R-E---G-R-A-N-D-S---P-A-R-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de arrière-grand-parent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arrière-grands-parents appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le trio vient, à travers une SCIC (société coopérative d’intérêt collectif), de « reprendre le flambeau » allumé en 1894 par les arrière-grands-parents de Pierre Perraud.
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.