à bride avalée

\a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\

/\a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\/ adv

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The verdict

“à bride avalée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très vite, très rapidement, à toute allure.

Key facts for à bride avalée
PropertyValue
Headwordà bride avalée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “à bride avalée” sits in French frequency

à bride avalée falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for à bride avalée is 14 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Très vite, très rapidement, à toute allure.".

Zero misspellings are on record for à bride avalée in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à bride avalée, spelled À- -B-R-I-D-E- -A-V-A-L-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très vite, très rapidement, à toute allure.

Synonyms

à bride abattueà franc étrierà tombeau ouvert

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 bride avalée"?
"à bride avalée" is spelled À- -B-R-I-D-E- -A-V-A-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\.
What does "à bride avalée" mean?
As an adverb, "à bride avalée" means: Très vite, très rapidement, à toute allure.
How do you pronounce "à bride avalée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à bride avalée" is \a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à bride avalée" come from?
"à bride avalée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “à bride avalée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is À- -B-R-I-D-E- -A-V-A-L-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list