grosse chaleur
\gʁos ʃa.lœʁ\
The verdict
“grosse chaleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Temps très chaud.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grosse chaleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \gʁos ʃa.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grosse chaleur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grosse chaleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \gʁos ʃa.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Temps très chaud.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grosse chaleur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 grosse chaleur, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E- -C-H-A-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Temps très chaud.
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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.
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Using “grosse chaleur”
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- The one correct French spelling is G-R-O-S-S-E- -C-H-A-L-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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