à bas prix

\a ba pʁi\

/\a ba pʁi\/ adv

The verdict

“à bas prix” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À un faible coût ; peu cher, bon marché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-bas-prix · à bas prix · French

à bas prix · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "À" 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.

Key facts for à bas prix
PropertyValue
Headwordà bas prix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a ba pʁi\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « à bas prix » en français

à bas prixreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

à bas prix is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ba pʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À un faible coût ; peu cher, bon marché.".

No misspelling variants are generated for à bas prix in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 à bas prix, spelled À- -B-A-S- -P-R-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    À un faible coût ; peu cher, bon marché.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how à bas prix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pendant la belle saison, elle allait souvent aux Halles, à six heures du matin, avec ses filles, pour se procurer à bas prix fruits et légumes.

Synonyms

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 "à bas prix"?
"à bas prix" is spelled À- -B-A-S- -P-R-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \a ba pʁi\.
What does "à bas prix" mean?
As an adverb, "à bas prix" means: À un faible coût ; peu cher, bon marché.
How do you pronounce "à bas prix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à bas prix" is \a ba pʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à bas prix" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list