grands dieux
\ɡʁɑ̃ djø\
The verdict
“grands dieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expression qui exprime l’émerveillement, une émotion forte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grands-dieux · grands dieux · French
grands dieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | grands dieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃ djø\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grands dieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃ djø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expression qui exprime l’émerveillement, une émotion forte.".
No misspelling variants are generated for grands dieux in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 dieux, spelled G-R-A-N-D-S- -D-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Expression qui exprime l’émerveillement, une émotion forte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grands dieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’on nous indique nos appartements — mais qu’il fait froid. Grands dieux! Les cimes autour de nous sont couronnées de neige.
"Vous avez lu tout ça ? – Grands dieux, non !
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.