à l’œil
\a.lœj\
The verdict
“à l’œil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gratuitement, sans payer ou être payé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-l-il · à l’œil · French
à l’œil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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’œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.lœj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à l’œil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à l’œil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a.lœj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à l’œil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is à l’œil, spelled À- -L-’-Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Gratuitement, sans payer ou être payé.
- 2Avec l’œil, à la vue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à l’œil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il en a marre de turbiner à l’œil, hein ?
Mais tu sais bien que, depuis deux jours, j’ai tout acheté à l’œil.
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.