à Dieu ne plaise
\a djø nə plɛz\
The verdict
“à Dieu ne plaise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pourvu que cela n’advienne pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-dieu-ne-plaise · à Dieu ne plaise · French
à Dieu ne plaise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 Dieu ne plaise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \a djø nə plɛz\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à Dieu ne plaise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à Dieu ne plaise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \a djø nə plɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pourvu que cela n’advienne pas.".
No misspelling variants are generated for à Dieu ne plaise 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à Dieu ne plaise, spelled À- -D-I-E-U- -N-E- -P-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Pourvu que cela n’advienne pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à Dieu ne plaise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leur donne-t-il l’être comme aux créatures ? À Dieu ne plaise ! il les produit en lui-même de toute éternité, et elles lui sont égales en toutes choses.
À Dieu ne plaise, disoit-il (I. Sam. XXIV. 7), que je commette aucune mauvaise action contre mon Seigneur l’oint de l’Éternel ! Adieu ne plaise que je mette ma main sur lui pour lui faire du mal !
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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.