en grande partie

\ɑ̃ ɡʁɑ̃d paʁ.ti\

/\ɑ̃ ɡʁɑ̃d paʁ.ti\/ adv

The verdict

“en grande partie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nuance de en partie (partiellement) : avec une part importante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-en-grande-partie · en grande partie · French

en grande partie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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.

Key facts for en grande partie
PropertyValue
Headworden grande partie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɑ̃ ɡʁɑ̃d paʁ.ti\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « en grande partie » en français

en grande partiereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

en grande partie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ ɡʁɑ̃d paʁ.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nuance de en partie (partiellement) : avec une part importante.".

No misspelling variants are generated for en grande partie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 en grande partie, spelled E-N- -G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-A-R-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nuance de en partie (partiellement) : avec une part importante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how en grande partie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Malgré cela, les relations commerciales entre l’Asie du Sud-Est et l’Union européenne ne sont pas bonnes, et c’est en grande partie la responsabilité de l’UE. Au cœur de cette situation se trouve un différend concernant les règles de l’UE en matière de déforestation, qui portent gravement atteinte à l’exploration de l’huile de palme, un produit d’exportat…

Synonyms

en majeure partie

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "en grande partie"?
"en grande partie" is spelled E-N- -G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-A-R-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃ ɡʁɑ̃d paʁ.ti\.
What does "en grande partie" mean?
As an adverb, "en grande partie" means: Nuance de en partie (partiellement) : avec une part importante.
How do you pronounce "en grande partie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "en grande partie" is \ɑ̃ ɡʁɑ̃d paʁ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "en grande partie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list