à la limite
\a la li.mit\
The verdict
“à la limite” 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 September 3, 2026) - À l’extrême d’un raisonnement, d’une manière de voir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-limite · à la limite · French
à la limite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 limite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la li.mit\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la limite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la li.mit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for à la limite in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à la limite, spelled À- -L-A- -L-I-M-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1À l’extrême d’un raisonnement, d’une manière de voir.
- 2Sur le point de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la limite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'allumai un voltigeur, pour pousser mon insubordination jusqu'à la limite - il était interdit de fumer dans l'autobus....
François devint fébrile, il craignait qu’avec ces deux aveux Stern soit à la limite de raccrocher.
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.