à boule vue
\a bul vy\
The verdict
“à boule vue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Précipitamment, avec peu d’attention.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-boule-vue · à boule vue · French
à boule vue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à boule vue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a bul vy\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à boule vue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à boule vue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a bul vy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for à boule vue in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 boule vue, spelled À- -B-O-U-L-E- -V-U-E.
Definition
- 1Précipitamment, avec peu d’attention.
- 2Avec réflexion, en connaissance de cause.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à boule vue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le premier cas, aussitôt la boule vue, sans réflexion
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.