grandeur

\ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\

/\ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“grandeur” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,664
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendue, taille en hauteur, en longueur, en largeur, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grandeur · grandeur · French

grandeur · rank #5,664 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,664
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grossesse

Nearest frequency peer: grossesse (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grandeur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grandeur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grandeur vs grandir
75% similar
grandeur vs graveur
75% similar
grandeur vs granger
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grandeur
PropertyValue
Headwordgrandeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,664
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grandeur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grandeurse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grossesse » (#5,665), « gamins » (#5,662), « fusil » (#5,661). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grandeur » est au #5,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around grandeur (IPA \ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,664 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for grandeur, with forms such as "garndeur", "ggrandeur", and "gradneur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "grandir", "graveur", "granger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 grandeur, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue, taille en hauteur, en longueur, en largeur, etc.
  2. 2
    Importance.
  3. 3
    Caractère de ce qui surpasse la plupart des autres choses du même genre.
  4. 4
    Puissance unie à la majesté.
  5. 5
    Pouvoir, dignité, honneur.
  6. 6
    Noblesse, élévation.
  7. 7
    Classe de magnitude apparente des objets célestes.
  8. 8
    Quantité susceptible d’augmentation et de diminution.
  9. 9
    Nombre ou référence qui décrivent de façon quantitative un phénomène, un corps ou une substance, la plupart du temps une grandeur physique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce vase est de la grandeur convenable.
  2. Des tableaux de différentes grandeurs.

Synonyms

dimensiontaille

This word in other languages

highness(English)grandeza(Español)Größe(Deutsch)grandeza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garndeur
  • ggrandeur
  • gradneur
  • granddeur
  • granderu
  • grandeurr
  • granduer
  • granedur
  • granndeur
  • grnadeur
  • grrandeur
  • rgandeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grandeur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

garndeur2ggrandeur1gradneur2granddeur1granderu2grandeurr1granduer2granedur2
Edit distance from "grandeur"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grandeur"?
"grandeur" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\.
What does "grandeur" mean?
As a noun, "grandeur" means: Étendue, taille en hauteur, en longueur, en largeur, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "grandeur"?
"grandeur" is commonly confused with "grandir", "graveur", "granger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grandeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grandeur" is \ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grandeur" come from?
"grandeur" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grandeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

incluant#5,667craindre#5,648occupent#5,683colonies#5,644

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

repartir12 variantsthéories12 variantstensions12 variantssolidaire12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list