grande roue

\ɡʁɑ̃d ʁu\

/\ɡʁɑ̃d ʁu\/ noun

The verdict

“grande roue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manège forain en forme de roue verticale, tournant lentement afin de permettre d’admirer le paysage depuis la hauteur des toits des immeubles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grande-roue · grande roue · French

grande roue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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 roue
PropertyValue
Headwordgrande roue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃d ʁu\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grande roue » en français

grande rouen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

grande roue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d ʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manège forain en forme de roue verticale, tournant lentement afin de permettre d’admirer le paysage depuis la hauteur des toits des immeubles.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grande roue, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is grande roue, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -R-O-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manège forain en forme de roue verticale, tournant lentement afin de permettre d’admirer le paysage depuis la hauteur des toits des immeubles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tout en bas de l’avenue, un immense manège domine le jardin des Tuileries, derrière la place de la Concorde. On aperçoit même les nacelles de la grande roue se balancer lentement.

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 roue"?
"grande roue" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -R-O-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃d ʁu\.
What does "grande roue" mean?
As a noun, "grande roue" means: Manège forain en forme de roue verticale, tournant lentement afin de permettre d’admirer le paysage depuis la hauteur des toits des immeubles.
How do you pronounce "grande roue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grande roue" is \ɡʁɑ̃d ʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grande roue" come from?
"grande roue" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list