grandissent

\ɡʁɑ̃.dis\

/\ɡʁɑ̃.dis\/ verb

The verdict

“grandissent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,639
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de grandir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grandissent · grandissent · French

grandissent · rank #21,639 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,639
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gorgée

Nearest frequency peer: gorgée (-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 « grandissent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grandissent » 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).

grandissent vs grandissant
91% similar
grandissent vs grandissante
83% similar
grandissent vs garantissent
83% similar

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

Key facts for grandissent
PropertyValue
Headwordgrandissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃.dis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,639
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grandissent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grandissentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gorgée » (#21,638), « greffier » (#21,640), « gogo » (#21,637). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grandissent » est au #21,639. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around grandissent (IPA \ɡʁɑ̃.dis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,639 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for grandissent, with forms such as "garndissent", "ggrandissent", and "gradnissent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "grandissant", "grandissante", "garantissent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grandissent, spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de grandir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de grandir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de grandir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et plus la société se sécuritarise, plus vos pouvoirs grandissent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garndissent
  • ggrandissent
  • gradnissent
  • granddissent
  • grandisent
  • grandisesnt
  • grandissennt
  • grandissentt
  • grandissetn
  • grandissnet
  • grandsisent
  • granidssent
  • granndissent
  • grnadissent
  • grrandissent
  • rgandissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grandissent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

garndissent2ggrandissent1gradnissent2granddissent1grandisent1grandisesnt2grandissennt1grandissentt1
Edit distance from "grandissent"

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 "grandissent"?
"grandissent" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃.dis\.
What does "grandissent" mean?
As a verb, "grandissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de grandir.
What words are commonly confused with "grandissent"?
"grandissent" is commonly confused with "grandissant", "grandissante", "garantissent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grandissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grandissent" is \ɡʁɑ̃.dis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grandissent" come from?
"grandissent" 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 "grandissent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list