grand départ

\ɡʁɑ̃ de.paʁ\

/\ɡʁɑ̃ de.paʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“grand départ” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mort ; décès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grand-depart · grand départ · French

grand départ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for grand départ
PropertyValue
Headwordgrand départ
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃ de.paʁ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “grand départ” sits in French frequency

grand départ falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

grand départ is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃ de.paʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mort ; décès.".

grand départ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grand départ, spelled G-R-A-N-D- -D-É-P-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mort ; décès.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grand départ"?
"grand départ" is spelled G-R-A-N-D- -D-É-P-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃ de.paʁ\.
What does "grand départ" mean?
As a noun, "grand départ" means: Mort ; décès.
How do you pronounce "grand départ"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grand départ" is \ɡʁɑ̃ de.paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grand départ" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list