au grand jamais
\o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\
The verdict
“au grand jamais” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jamais du tout ; en aucun temps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | au grand jamais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “au grand jamais” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for au grand jamais is 15 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Jamais du tout ; en aucun temps.".
au grand jamais has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 au grand jamais, spelled A-U- -G-R-A-N-D- -J-A-M-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Jamais du tout ; en aucun temps.
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 “au grand jamais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U- -G-R-A-N-D- -J-A-M-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\ (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.