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 May 6, 2026) - Grâce à ; par la circonstance de.
| 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) |
Where “à la faveur de” sits in French frequency
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.
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “à la faveur de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -L-A- -F-A-V-E-U-R- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a la fa.vœʁ də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.