à la hâte
\a la ɑt\
The verdict
“à la hâte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En se dépêchant ; sans perdre de temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-hate · à la hâte · French
à la hâte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 hâte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la ɑt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la hâte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la ɑt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En se dépêchant ; sans perdre de temps.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à la hâte, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à la hâte, spelled À- -L-A- -H-Â-T-E.
Definition
- 1En se dépêchant ; sans perdre de temps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la hâte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Je me jette aussi aux pieds de Votre Majesté pour qu’elle veuille m’accorder la révocation d’une rigueur que j’ai provoquée (je l’avoue publiquement), et que je regardai peut-être trop à la hâte comme utile au repos de l’État.
L’édition de 1885, très incomplète, avait été composée à la hâte, en l’espace de quelques mois, dans le but de donner satisfaction à la demande de MM. de Renzis et Bodio, en présentant la nouvelle méthode au Congrès pénitentiaire international de Rome.
This word in other languages
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