mère-grand
\mɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“mère-grand” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand-mère ou celle qui joue le rôle d'une grand-mère.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mère-grand |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mère-grand” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mère-grand is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃\. 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: "Grand-mère ou celle qui joue le rôle d'une grand-mère.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mère-grand in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 mère-grand, spelled M-È-R-E---G-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Grand-mère ou celle qui joue le rôle d'une grand-mère.
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 “mère-grand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-È-R-E---G-R-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.