jamais au grand jamais

\ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\

/\ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\/ adv

The verdict

“jamais au grand jamais” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Absolument jamais, absolument en aucun temps.

Key facts for jamais au grand jamais
PropertyValue
Headwordjamais au grand jamais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jamais au grand jamais” sits in French frequency

jamais au grand jamais falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jamais au grand jamais is 22 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Absolument jamais, absolument en aucun temps.".

jamais au grand jamais doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jamais au grand jamais, spelled J-A-M-A-I-S- -A-U- -G-R-A-N-D- -J-A-M-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absolument jamais, absolument en aucun temps.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jamais au grand jamais"?
"jamais au grand jamais" is spelled J-A-M-A-I-S- -A-U- -G-R-A-N-D- -J-A-M-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\.
What does "jamais au grand jamais" mean?
As an adverb, "jamais au grand jamais" means: Absolument jamais, absolument en aucun temps.
How do you pronounce "jamais au grand jamais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jamais au grand jamais" is \ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jamais au grand jamais" come from?
"jamais au grand jamais" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “jamais au grand jamais”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-A-M-A-I-S- -A-U- -G-R-A-N-D- -J-A-M-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʒa.mɛ o ɡʁɑ̃ ʒa.mɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list