à fond les manettes
\a fɔ̃ lɛ ma.nɛt\
The verdict
“à fond les manettes” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À grande vitesse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à fond les manettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a fɔ̃ lɛ ma.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à fond les manettes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à fond les manettes is 19 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a fɔ̃ lɛ ma.nɛt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "À grande vitesse.".
à fond les manettes has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is à fond les manettes, spelled À- -F-O-N-D- -L-E-S- -M-A-N-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1À grande vitesse.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -F-O-N-D- -L-E-S- -M-A-N-E-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.