grosse légume
\ɡʁos le.ɡym\
The verdict
“grosse légume” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Notable, membre de la nomenklatura, personne ayant un pouvoir social supérieur ou ayant de l’influence.
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Index FR-grosse-legume · grosse légume · French
grosse légume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | grosse légume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁos le.ɡym\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grosse légume is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁos le.ɡym\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Notable, membre de la nomenklatura, personne ayant un pouvoir social supérieur ou ayant de l’influence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grosse légume, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grosse légume, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E- -L-É-G-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Notable, membre de la nomenklatura, personne ayant un pouvoir social supérieur ou ayant de l’influence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grosse légume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— C’est un bon petit matelot, murmura Leguel lorsqu’il fut remonté sur le pont ; il a de l’éducation, du courage, et surtout de ça, ajouta-t-il en portant la main à son cœur. Hum ! hum ! si quelque paria de boulet ne vient pas le caresser d’un peu trop près, il ira loin, le pays : j’en jure par ma chaloupe ! ce sera un jour quelque grosse légume.
Leur père, le Granger, gros cultivateur, mi-paysan, moitié monsieur ayant, comme on dit, du foin dans ses bottes, était bien avec toutes les grosses légumes du canton […]
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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.