grandelet

\ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\

/\ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\/ adj

The verdict

“grandelet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui commence à grandir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grandelet · grandelet · French

grandelet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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 grandelet
PropertyValue
Headwordgrandelet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grandelet » en français

grandeletsiège 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

grandelet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui commence à grandir.".

Zero misspellings are on record for grandelet in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grandelet, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui commence à grandir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette femme a déjà des enfants grandelets.
  2. Mêmes les gamines grandelettes peuvent prier en se rendant à l'école et au retour : ça leur fera oublier les prônes du maître d’école, ce suppôt de Satan-là.

Synonyms

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 "grandelet"?
"grandelet" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\.
What does "grandelet" mean?
As an adjective, "grandelet" means: Qui commence à grandir.
How do you pronounce "grandelet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grandelet" is \ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grandelet" come from?
"grandelet" 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