grande tasse
\ɡʁɑ̃d tas\
The verdict
“grande tasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surnom donné parfois à l’océan Atlantique. Note d’usage : Parfois écrit avec des majuscules
Corpus desk
Index FR-grande-tasse · grande tasse · French
grande tasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 tasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃d tas\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grande tasse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grande tasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d tas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surnom donné parfois à l’océan Atlantique. Note d’usage : Parfois écrit avec des majuscules".
Zero misspellings are on record for grande tasse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grande tasse, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -T-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Surnom donné parfois à l’océan Atlantique. Note d’usage : Parfois écrit avec des majuscules
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grande tasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Nantes, je pourrai m’échapper quand je voudrai. En face de la grande tasse ! on se laisse glisser et l’on est dans l’Océan.
Car ce dernier a dû également traverser la Grande Tasse.
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.