Grande-Bretagne

\ɡʁɑ̃d.bʁə.taɲ\

/\ɡʁɑ̃d.bʁə.taɲ\/ name

The verdict

“Grande-Bretagne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Grande île située à l’est de l’Irlande, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui constitue la majeure partie de l’Angleterre, de l’Écosse et du Pays de Galles. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est GBN.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grande-bretagne · Grande-Bretagne · French

Grande-Bretagne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 Grande-Bretagne
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrande-Bretagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃d.bʁə.taɲ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Grande-Bretagne » en français

Grande-Bretagnereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Grande-Bretagne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d.bʁə.taɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grande-Bretagne, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Grande-Bretagne, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E---B-R-E-T-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande île située à l’est de l’Irlande, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui constitue la majeure partie de l’Angleterre, de l’Écosse et du Pays de Galles. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est GBN.
  2. 2
    Ces trois pays.
  3. 3
    Royaume-Uni.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Grande-Bretagne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les Bretons, ces émigrants celtiques venus de Grande-Bretagne au Vᵉ siècle de notre ère, avaient ramené en Armorique une langue très analogue à ce parler gaulois que d’ailleurs employait encore à cette époque, la population d’Auvergne.
  2. La Grande-Bretagne, qui s’est isolée tout récemment, et a des conditions écologiques relativement uniformes, a un endémisme presque nul.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Grande-Bretagne"?
"Grande-Bretagne" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E---B-R-E-T-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃d.bʁə.taɲ\.
What does "Grande-Bretagne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Grande-Bretagne" means: Grande île située à l’est de l’Irlande, au nord-ouest de l’Europe, et qui constitue la majeure partie de l’Angleterre, de l’Écosse et du Pays de Galles. Son code de subdivision ISO 3166-2 est GBN.
How do you pronounce "Grande-Bretagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grande-Bretagne" is \ɡʁɑ̃d.bʁə.taɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grande-Bretagne" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list