à l’écart
\a le.kaʁ\
The verdict
“à l’écart” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À une certaine distance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-l-ecart · à l’écart · French
à l’écart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 l’écart |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a le.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à l’écart » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à l’écart is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a le.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for à l’écart in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à l’écart, spelled À- -L-’-É-C-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1À une certaine distance.
- 2Légèrement isolé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à l’écart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et moi, pèlerin agenouillé à l’écart sous les orgues, il me semblait ouïr les anges descendre du ciel mélodieusement.
Une autre voiture à deux roues, […], était là aussi un peu à l’écart. Cette voiture était destinée, […], à recevoir le corps après le supplice et à le porter au cimetière.
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.