à la noix
\a la nwa\
The verdict
“à la noix” 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) - Qui est sans aucune valeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-noix · à la noix · French
à la noix · 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 noix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la nwa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la noix » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la noix is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la nwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est sans aucune valeur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à la noix, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 noix, spelled À- -L-A- -N-O-I-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est sans aucune valeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la noix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oui, tous ceux qui ne sont pas d'accord avec leur gouvernement à la noix, leur politique de lâches, tous les bons Français, on les baptise communistes. C'est commode.
– J’ai pondu deux pages péniblement, dit Laurent. D’ailleurs, c’était un sujet à la noix !
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.