rendre grâce
\ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\
The verdict
“rendre grâce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attribuer une action favorable, à quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rendre-grace · rendre grâce · French
rendre grâce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rendre grâce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rendre grâce » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rendre grâce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.dʁə ɡʁɑs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rendre grâce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rendez grâce au seul nœud qui retient ma colère.
Je rends grâce à votre seigneurie.
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.