à l’origine
\a l‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\
The verdict
“à l’origine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au début.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à l’origine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a l‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à l’origine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à l’origine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a l‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au début.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à l’origine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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’origine, spelled À- -L-’-O-R-I-G-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Au début.
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.
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Using “à l’origine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -L-’-O-R-I-G-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a l‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.