grande aiguille
\ɡʁɑ̃.d‿e.ɡɥij\
The verdict
“grande aiguille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aiguille des minutes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grande-aiguille · grande aiguille · French
grande aiguille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | grande aiguille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.d‿e.ɡɥij\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grande aiguille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.d‿e.ɡɥij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aiguille des minutes.".
grande aiguille has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grande aiguille, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Aiguille des minutes.
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.