bandit de grand chemin
\bɑ̃.di də ɡʁɑ̃ ʃə.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“bandit de grand chemin” 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 May 6, 2026) - Bandit, brigand qui attaque les voyageurs sur les routes pour les dépouiller.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bandit de grand chemin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃.di də ɡʁɑ̃ ʃə.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bandit de grand chemin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bandit de grand chemin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ̃.di də ɡʁɑ̃ ʃə.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bandit de grand chemin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bandit de grand chemin, spelled B-A-N-D-I-T- -D-E- -G-R-A-N-D- -C-H-E-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Bandit, brigand qui attaque les voyageurs sur les routes pour les dépouiller.
- 2Personne au comportement totalement injuste.
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 “bandit de grand chemin”
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- The one correct French spelling is B-A-N-D-I-T- -D-E- -G-R-A-N-D- -C-H-E-M-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.