à l’ordinaire
\a l‿ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“à l’ordinaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selon la façon habituelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-l-ordinaire · à l’ordinaire · French
à l’ordinaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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’ordinaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a l‿ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à l’ordinaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a l‿ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selon la façon habituelle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à l’ordinaire, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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’ordinaire, spelled À- -L-’-O-R-D-I-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Selon la façon habituelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à l’ordinaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Les bêtes sont-elles à leur place ? Et le chef des saïs répondit : — Comme à l’ordinaire. Et, comme à l’ordinaire, Toursène pénétra, d’un pas lent et puissant, dans le dédale des cours où le soleil faisait craquer l’argile sèche.
De temps à autre, elle leur accorde la parole et dès qu’elle s’est assurée que la réponse est gnan-gnan et rassurante comme à l’ordinaire, elle enchaîne de plus belle.
Synonyms
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.