grande gueule
\ɡʁɑ̃d ɡœl\
The verdict
“grande gueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie quelqu’un qui parle beaucoup, a le verbe haut, mais qui, souvent, agit peu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grande-gueule · grande gueule · French
grande gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃d ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grande gueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grande gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie quelqu’un qui parle beaucoup, a le verbe haut, mais qui, souvent, agit peu.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grande gueule, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grande gueule, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie quelqu’un qui parle beaucoup, a le verbe haut, mais qui, souvent, agit peu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grande gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du reste tous les jeunes gens de son âge étaient insolents et infatués d’eux-mêmes. C’était une maladie de l’époque. Garçons et filles naissaient avec une grande gueule.
J'ai fait ma grande gueule mais je n'arrive pas à oublier ce baiser.
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.