à la mort
\a la mɔʁ\
The verdict
“à la mort” 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) - À fond, à l’extrême du possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-mort · à la mort · French
à la mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la mort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À fond, à l’extrême du possible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for à la mort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is à la mort, spelled À- -L-A- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1À fond, à l’extrême du possible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à la mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand elle avait fait son ouvrage, elle lisait, elle jouait du clavecin, ou bien elle chantait en filant. Ses deux sœurs, au contraire, s’ennuyaient à la mort ; elles se levaient à dix heures du matin, se promenaient toute la journée, et s’amusaient à regretter leurs beaux habits et les compagnies : « Voyez notre cadette, disaient-elles entre elles ; elle…
Synonyms
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.