grande dame de fer
\ɡʁɑ̃d dam də fɛʁ\
The verdict
“grande dame de fer” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tour Eiffel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grande dame de fer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃d dam də fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grande dame de fer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grande dame de fer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d dam də fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tour Eiffel.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grande dame de fer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grande dame de fer, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -D-A-M-E- -D-E- -F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tour Eiffel.
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.
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Using “grande dame de fer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-N-D-E- -D-A-M-E- -D-E- -F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.