grands

\ɡʁɑ̃\

/\ɡʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“grands” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#477
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de grand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grands · grands · French

grands · rank #477 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #477
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH certaines

Nearest frequency peer: certaines (-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 « grands »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grands » 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).

grands vs Gras
50% similar
grands vs grant
67% similar
grands vs grass
67% similar

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

Key facts for grands
PropertyValue
Headwordgrands
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#477
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grands »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grandsse 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 « certaines » (#476), « important » (#478), « anglais » (#475). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grands » est au #477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grands (IPA \ɡʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #477 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de grand.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grands, with forms such as "garnds", "ggrands", and "gradns". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gras", "grant", "grass", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 grands, spelled G-R-A-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de grand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vétérans chevronnés de la guerre des boutons, grands maraudeurs de pommes et abatteurs de noix, tous, garnements de dix à douze ans, nous avions ce printemps-là reformé notre association de bandits grimpeurs, pillards aériens et détrousseurs de nids.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garnds
  • ggrands
  • gradns
  • grandds
  • grandss
  • grannds
  • gransd
  • grnads
  • grrands
  • rgands

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grands - 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.

garnds2ggrands1gradns2grandds1grandss1grannds1gransd2grnads2
Edit distance from "grands"

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 "grands"?
"grands" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃\.
What does "grands" mean?
As an adjective, "grands" means: Masculin pluriel de grand.
What words are commonly confused with "grands"?
"grands" is commonly confused with "Gras", "grant", "grass". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grands"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grands" is \ɡʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grands" come from?
"grands" 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 "grands", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

anglais10 variantsmembres10 variantspresque10 variantslorsque10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list