grand âge
\ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɑʒ\
The verdict
“grand âge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieillesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grand-age · grand âge · French
grand âge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | grand âge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɑʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grand âge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grand âge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɑʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vieillesse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grand âge, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grand âge, spelled G-R-A-N-D- -Â-G-E.
Definition
- 1Vieillesse.
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.