à dépêche-compagnon
\a de.pɛʃ kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃\
The verdict
“à dépêche-compagnon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vite et négligemment, en ne cherchant qu’à finir vite, en négligeant l’ouvrage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-depeche-compagnon · à dépêche-compagnon · French
à dépêche-compagnon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 dépêche-compagnon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a de.pɛʃ kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à dépêche-compagnon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a de.pɛʃ kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for à dépêche-compagnon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 dépêche-compagnon, spelled À- -D-É-P-Ê-C-H-E---C-O-M-P-A-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Vite et négligemment, en ne cherchant qu’à finir vite, en négligeant l’ouvrage.
- 2Sans quartier, ni pitié.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à dépêche-compagnon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y sévissait, comme dans toutes les cliniques retapées à dépêche-compagnon, une odeur désagréable de formol mêlé de mauvais plâtre.
Par groupes, les années écoulées me reviennent en sautant à dépêche compagnon, à cheval fondu, à cloche pied et tout cela danse, tout cela chante, tout cela crie dans ma mémoire…
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.