à demi bas
\a də.mi ba\
The verdict
“à demi bas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En parlant à mi-voix.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-demi-bas · à demi bas · French
à demi bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 demi bas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a də.mi ba\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à demi bas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à demi bas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a də.mi ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En parlant à mi-voix.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à demi bas in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à demi bas, spelled À- -D-E-M-I- -B-A-S.
Definition
- 1En parlant à mi-voix.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à demi bas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La conversation de Lucien avec mademoiselle Théodelinde était fort animée ; c’est pourquoi elle fut interrompue par M. de Sanréal qui, contrarié de l’air heureux de Lucien, s’approcha de mademoiselle Théodelinde et lui parla à demi bas, sans faire la moindre attention à Lucien.
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.