à bras tendus
\a bʁa tɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“à bras tendus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En portant, difficilement, à l’extrémité de la main, les bras tendus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-bras-tendus · à bras tendus · French
à bras tendus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 bras tendus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a bʁa tɑ̃.dy\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à bras tendus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à bras tendus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a bʁa tɑ̃.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En portant, difficilement, à l’extrémité de la main, les bras tendus.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à bras tendus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is à bras tendus, spelled À- -B-R-A-S- -T-E-N-D-U-S.
Definition
- 1En portant, difficilement, à l’extrémité de la main, les bras tendus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à bras tendus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle fut emmenée, presque à bras tendus, par Jeanne.
[…] elle portait à bras tendus une grosse couverture de laine grise soigneusement pliée en quatre.
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.