grandiosité
\ɡʁɑ̃.djo.zi.te\
The verdict
“grandiosité” 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) - Caractère ce qui est grandiose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grandiosite · grandiosité · French
grandiosité · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grandiosité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.djo.zi.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grandiosité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.djo.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
grandiosité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grandiosité, spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-O-S-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Caractère ce qui est grandiose.
- 2Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grandiosité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce qui a frappé Rubens, c’est l’éclat et la grandiosité. Comme Michel-Ange, il a oublié que les Grâces ne sont pas des Amazones. Mais qu’importe, s’il est arrivé victorieusement jusqu’au sommet de l’art ?
On appelle grandiosité dans le corpus théorique développé par le Cathexis Institute (une école classique d'A.T.) la croyance consciente ou inconsciente erronée qui sert de justification a tous les éléments gérant la passivité (la méconnaissance qui est le mécanisme interne découlant de la grandiosité, le problème relationnel que représente la symbiose, et…
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.