rendre grâce
\ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\
The verdict
“rendre grâce” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Attribuer une action favorable, à quelque chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rendre grâce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rendre grâce” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rendre grâce is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
rendre grâce has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 rendre grâce, spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -G-R-Â-C-E.
Definition
- 1Attribuer une action favorable, à quelque chose.
- 2Remercier, témoigner de sa reconnaissance.
This word in other languages
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 “rendre grâce”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-D-R-E- -G-R-Â-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\ (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.