à donf
\a dɔ̃f\
The verdict
“à donf” 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) - À fond ; à la plus grande vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-donf · à donf · French
à donf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 donf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a dɔ̃f\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à donf » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à donf is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a dɔ̃f\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for à donf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 donf, spelled À- -D-O-N-F.
Definition
- 1À fond ; à la plus grande vitesse.
- 2À fond ; au maximum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à donf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle pose le vélo contre la porte refermée. « J'ai pris au plus rapidos, dit-elle d'un ton précipité. J'ai roulé comme une guedin, à donf. »
Y a des groupes où ça fait pitié quand même, t’as le chanteur qui est obligé de hurler dans son micro, parce que le batteur il envoie une purée monstrueuse, et les grattes sont à donf.
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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.