à la douce
\a la dus\
The verdict
“à la douce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec douceur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-douce · à la douce · French
à la douce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 la douce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la dus\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la douce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la dus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for à la douce in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à la douce, spelled À- -L-A- -D-O-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Avec douceur.
- 2En douce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la douce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle vit un fond d’amour par-delà les choses, une grande bonté qui planait et dont les ailes agitées tout à la douce battaient autour de son front.
Alors, vous pensez bien que ça ne s’est pas passé à la douce ! Clic ! Clac ! M. Maniera, qui était grand et fort comme vous, monsieur Richard, distribua une paire de gifles à M. Isidore Saack, qui était mince et faible comme M. Moncharmin, sauf le respect que je lui dois.
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.