grandelet
\ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grandelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃d.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grandelet » en français
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
- 1Qui commence à grandir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grandelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette femme a déjà des enfants grandelets.
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.