au grand jour
\o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“au grand jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À la lumière du jour, en plein soleil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-grand-jour · au grand jour · French
au grand jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au grand jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au grand jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for au grand jour, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is au grand jour, spelled A-U- -G-R-A-N-D- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1À la lumière du jour, en plein soleil.
- 2Publiquement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au grand jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oui !… Le fameux diamant était retrouvé intact, n’ayant rien perdu de son éclat, et il scintillait, au grand jour de la fenêtre, comme une constellation !
Aussi tu peux partir quand tu veux, mais tu dois partir au grand jour, devant tout le monde et non comme un voleur.
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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.