au grand jamais
\o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\
The verdict
“au grand jamais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jamais du tout ; en aucun temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-grand-jamais · au grand jamais · French
au grand jamais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « au grand jamais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au grand jamais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au grand jamais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je le prie, qu’il y demeure au grand jamais.
Et Cicéron insiste sur les difficultés du réalisme des images : « Que dire quand d’un même homme d’autres images viennent en mon esprit, d’autres dans le tien ? Que dire quand elles représentent des êtres qui ne furent au grand jamais, et n’ont pu exister, comme de Scylla, comme de Chimère ? […] »
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.