à l’occasion
\a l‿ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\
The verdict
“à l’occasion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au moment favorable ; quand l’occasion se présente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-l-occasion · à l’occasion · French
à l’occasion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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’occasion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a l‿ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à l’occasion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à l’occasion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a l‿ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à l’occasion, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 l’occasion, spelled À- -L-’-O-C-C-A-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Au moment favorable ; quand l’occasion se présente.
- 2Le jour venu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à l’occasion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hervé Ricou, le sacriste, […], après nous avoir fait visiter l'église, nous conduisit à une ferme voisine qui, à l’occasion, se transforme en auberge.
Dès sa première communion, gagé par l’un ou par l’autre, gardeur de chèvre, ou de vaches, aide-berger, sarcleur de betteraves, bûcheron à l’occasion, il était sans l’avoir appris devenu habile […].
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.