à la faveur de
\a la fa.vœʁ də\
The verdict
“à la faveur de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grâce à ; par la circonstance de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-faveur-de · à la faveur de · French
à la faveur de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 la faveur de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \a la fa.vœʁ də\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la faveur de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la faveur de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a la fa.vœʁ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
à la faveur de has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 la faveur de, spelled À- -L-A- -F-A-V-E-U-R- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Grâce à ; par la circonstance de.
- 2Au moyen de ; à l’aide de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la faveur de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces militants de la première heure ont en effet investi, à la faveur de l'insurrection de février, un admirable palais qadjar qui, dit-on, avait appartenu à la chabanou en personne.
Le Doubs prend sa source à Mouthe (25) […] : il passe d'un val à l'autre en franchissant les monts par des cluses ou à la faveur de l'Accident de Pontarlier.
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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.