grand-maman
\ɡʁɑ̃ ma.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“grand-maman” 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) - Grand-mère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grand-maman · grand-maman · French
grand-maman · 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-maman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃ ma.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grand-maman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grand-maman is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃ ma.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand-mère.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for grand-maman in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grand-maman, spelled G-R-A-N-D---M-A-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Grand-mère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grand-maman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pépère Moïse, mémère Agnès C’était dans le temps de leur vieillesse La vie s’achève doucement Pour les grand-pères, les grand-mamans On les entoure de tendresse On fait comme si de rien n’était Mais c’est autour d’eux qu’on s’empresse Y seront p’t-être pas là l’an prochain.
Mme H. B., se souvient avoir été agrippée aux cheveux par des patientes. « C'était de nuit, une grand-maman m'avait attrapée, j'avais dû me retourner et lui prendre les bras et la mettre sur le lit "à boclon", comme on dit. »
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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.