à gros sabots

\a ɡʁo sa.bo\

/\a ɡʁo sa.bo\/ adv

The verdict

“à gros sabots” 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
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sans finesse ni subtilité.

Key facts for à gros sabots
PropertyValue
Headwordà gros sabots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a ɡʁo sa.bo\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “à gros sabots” sits in French frequency

à gros sabots falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for à gros sabots is 13 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a ɡʁo sa.bo\. 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: "Sans finesse ni subtilité.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for à gros sabots in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 gros sabots, spelled À- -G-R-O-S- -S-A-B-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sans finesse ni subtilité.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à gros sabots"?
"à gros sabots" is spelled À- -G-R-O-S- -S-A-B-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a ɡʁo sa.bo\.
What does "à gros sabots" mean?
As an adverb, "à gros sabots" means: Sans finesse ni subtilité.
How do you pronounce "à gros sabots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à gros sabots" is \a ɡʁo sa.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à gros sabots" come from?
"à gros sabots" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “à gros sabots”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is À- -G-R-O-S- -S-A-B-O-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a ɡʁo sa.bo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list