grande calorie
\ɡʁɑ̃d ka.lɔ.ʁi\
The verdict
“grande calorie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calorie utilisée dans la diététique, qui vaut environ 4,2 kilojoules, par opposition à la calorie utilisée dans la physique, la chimie et l’ingénierie, qui vaut 1/1000 de grandes calories, soit env...
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Index FR-grande-calorie · grande calorie · French
grande calorie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 calorie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃d ka.lɔ.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grande calorie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d ka.lɔ.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Calorie utilisée dans la diététique, qui vaut environ 4,2 kilojoules, par opposition à la calorie utilisée dans la physique, la chimie et l’ingénierie, qui vaut 1/1000 de grandes calories, soit env...".
grande calorie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grande calorie, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -C-A-L-O-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Calorie utilisée dans la diététique, qui vaut environ 4,2 kilojoules, par opposition à la calorie utilisée dans la physique, la chimie et l’ingénierie, qui vaut 1/1000 de grandes calories, soit environ 4,2 joules.
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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.