grande personne

\ɡʁɑ̃d pɛʁ.sɔn\

/\ɡʁɑ̃d pɛʁ.sɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“grande personne” 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) - Adulte, personne qui n’est plus un enfant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grande-personne · grande personne · French

grande personne · 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 personne
PropertyValue
Headwordgrande personne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃d pɛʁ.sɔn\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grande personne » en français

grande personnesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

grande personne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d pɛʁ.sɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adulte, personne qui n’est plus un enfant.".

Zero misspellings are on record for grande personne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grande personne, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-E-R-S-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adulte, personne qui n’est plus un enfant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutes les grandes personnes ont d’abord été des enfants. (Mais peu d’entre elles s’en souviennent.)
  2. Il est vrai que, moi du moins, nous étions devenus de « grandes personnes », que nous allions être des « amants », qui sait, tomber dans la vulgarité d’une liaison comme une autre.

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 personne"?
"grande personne" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-E-R-S-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃d pɛʁ.sɔn\.
What does "grande personne" mean?
As a noun, "grande personne" means: Adulte, personne qui n’est plus un enfant.
How do you pronounce "grande personne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grande personne" is \ɡʁɑ̃d pɛʁ.sɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grande personne" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list