à huis clos
\a ɥi klo\
The verdict
“à huis clos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans que le public soit admis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-huis-clos · à huis clos · French
à huis clos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 huis clos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a ɥi klo\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à huis clos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à huis clos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ɥi klo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à huis clos, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à huis clos, spelled À- -H-U-I-S- -C-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Sans que le public soit admis.
- 2Sans que le public soit admis.
- 3Audience à huis clos : audience où l’on juge, sans que le public soit admis, une affaire dans laquelle est engagée la sûreté de l’État ou la morale publique.
- 4Qui a lieu en privé, hors des regards d’autrui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à huis clos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a toutefois indiqué que si quelqu’un en autorité décide de la tenue du grand prix à huis clos, il faudra quand même l’opérer.
Délibération à huis clos.
This word in other languages
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