à chier
\a ʃje\
The verdict
“à chier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vraiment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-chier · à chier · French
à chier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à chier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a ʃje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à chier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à chier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ʃje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vraiment.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à chier, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à chier, spelled À- -C-H-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vraiment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à chier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ton jeu est nul à chier.
Cette femme est moche à chier!
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.