grand-père
\ɡʁɑ̃.pɛʁ\
The verdict
“grand-père” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Père du père (grand-père paternel) ou de la mère (grand-père maternel) d’une personne ; ascendant de seconde génération.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grand-pere · grand-père · French
grand-père · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-père |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.pɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grand-père » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grand-père is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.pɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
grand-père has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grand-père, spelled G-R-A-N-D---P-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Père du père (grand-père paternel) ou de la mère (grand-père maternel) d’une personne ; ascendant de seconde génération.
- 2Homme considéré comme âgé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grand-père appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rabalan était le dernier représentant d’une famille de sorciers qui, durant plus d’un siècle, régnèrent dans Trélotte. Son arrière-grand-père, son grand-père, son père, tous ses oncles et tous ses cousins avaient été sorciers, et l’on racontait d’eux des choses terribles et merveilleuses.
Henri IV est le grand-père de Louis XIV, Cotton, le grand-oncle du P. la Chaise : deux royautés, deux dynasties, celle des rois, celle des confesseurs jésuites.
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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.