à côté
\a ko.te\
The verdict
“à côté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout près, à une certaine distance du lieu où l’on est ou du but que l’on vise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-cote · à côté · French
à côté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 côté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a ko.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à côté » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à côté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ko.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for à côté in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is à côté, spelled À- -C-Ô-T-É.
Definition
- 1Tout près, à une certaine distance du lieu où l’on est ou du but que l’on vise.
- 2En dehors d’une activité que l’on a ou d’un centre d’intérêt.
- 3Par comparaison ; en comparant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à côté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bar est à côté du magasin.
Marcher à côté.
This word in other languages
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.