mauvaise grâce
\mɔ.vɛz ɡʁɑs\
The verdict
“mauvaise grâce” 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 September 3, 2026) - Ce qui n’est pas de bonne grâce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mauvaise-grace · mauvaise grâce · French
mauvaise grâce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mauvaise grâce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.vɛz ɡʁɑs\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mauvaise grâce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.vɛz ɡʁɑs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce qui n’est pas de bonne grâce.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mauvaise grâce in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 mauvaise grâce, spelled M-A-U-V-A-I-S-E- -G-R-Â-C-E.
Definition
- 1Ce qui n’est pas de bonne grâce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mauvaise grâce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que tout cet artifice est de mauvaise grâce !
Tout était contre moi : les trains avaient du retard, les employés ne savaient rien. Ah ! ces employés, quelle mauvaise grâce à me renseigner !
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.