à la place de
\a la plas də\
The verdict
“à la place de” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a preposition - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À l’emplacement désigné.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à la place de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \a la plas də\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à la place de” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à la place de is 13 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a la plas də\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à la place de, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 place de, spelled À- -L-A- -P-L-A-C-E- -D-E.
Definition
- 1À l’emplacement désigné.
- 2Au lieu de (le plus souvent suivi par un nom animé).
- 3En remplacement de.
- 4Si le sujet était la personne mentionnée.
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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.
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Using “à la place de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -L-A- -P-L-A-C-E- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a la plas də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.