à l’excès
\a l‿ɛk.sɛ\
The verdict
“à l’excès” 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) - Outre mesure, à l’extrême.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-l-exces · à l’excès · French
à l’excès · 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’excès |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a l‿ɛk.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à l’excès » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à l’excès is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a l‿ɛk.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Outre mesure, à l’extrême.".
à l’excès doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à l’excès, spelled À- -L-’-E-X-C-È-S.
Definition
- 1Outre mesure, à l’extrême.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à l’excès appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses débordements allèrent à l’excès.
Ils [les Scythes] aiment le vin au point que, pour dire boire à l’excès, on dit boire comme un Scythe.
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.