grand écart
\ɡʁɑ̃.t‿e.kaʁ\
The verdict
“grand écart” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure de danse ou de gymnastique qui consiste à écarter les jambes au point que les cuisses touchent le sol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grand-ecart · grand écart · French
grand écart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 écart |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.t‿e.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grand écart is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.t‿e.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grand écart, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grand écart, spelled G-R-A-N-D- -É-C-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Figure de danse ou de gymnastique qui consiste à écarter les jambes au point que les cuisses touchent le sol.
- 2Différences importantes ou changement majeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grand écart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], et comme les Sex-Appeal-Girls achevaient leur numéro par un grand écart qui suscitait l’enthousiasme, on entendit crier : — Rideau !
Avoir fait l’objet d’un reportage de télévision, même introuvable, participait de la mythologie familiale au même titre que le grand écart spectaculaire que ma grand-mère exécuta dans un justaucorps brillant à l’âge de soixante-dix ans.
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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.