à la lumière de

\a la ly.mjɛʁ də\

/\a la ly.mjɛʁ də\/ prep

The verdict

“à la lumière 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En fonction des informations fournies par.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-la-lumiere-de · à la lumière de · French

à la lumière de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for à la lumière de
PropertyValue
Headwordà la lumière de
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\a la ly.mjɛʁ də\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « à la lumière de » en français

à la lumière den'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

à la lumière de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a la ly.mjɛʁ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En fonction des informations fournies par.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à la lumière de, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à la lumière de, spelled À- -L-A- -L-U-M-I-È-R-E- -D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    En fonction des informations fournies par.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how à la lumière de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Voici donc le vrai moyen qu’emploie le véritable obéissant, et auquel il s’attache plus étroitement chaque jour, pour accroître en lui la vertu d’obéissance, à la lumière de la foi.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à la lumière de"?
"à la lumière de" is spelled À- -L-A- -L-U-M-I-È-R-E- -D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a la ly.mjɛʁ də\.
What does "à la lumière de" mean?
As a preposition, "à la lumière de" means: En fonction des informations fournies par.
How do you pronounce "à la lumière de"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à la lumière de" is \a la ly.mjɛʁ də\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à la lumière de" come from?
"à la lumière de" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list