à bride avalée
\a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\
The verdict
“à bride avalée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très vite, très rapidement, à toute allure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-bride-avalee · à bride avalée · French
à bride avalée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 bride avalée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à bride avalée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à bride avalée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a bʁi.d‿a.va.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
- 1Très vite, très rapidement, à toute allure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à bride avalée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En début d'après-midi, don Serafino arriva à bride avalée chez donna Eleonora pour l’avertir qu’en ville le commun effervait, tourneboulé par ce mari sans sépulture et du présumé fantôme.
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.