délire des grandeurs
\de.liʁ dɛ ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\
The verdict
“délire des grandeurs” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mégalomanie ; folie des grandeurs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | délire des grandeurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.liʁ dɛ ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “délire des grandeurs” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for délire des grandeurs is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.liʁ dɛ ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\. 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: "Mégalomanie ; folie des grandeurs.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for délire des grandeurs in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is délire des grandeurs, spelled D-É-L-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -G-R-A-N-D-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Mégalomanie ; folie des grandeurs.
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 “délire des grandeurs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-L-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -G-R-A-N-D-E-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.