à la six-quatre-deux
\a.la.sis.katʁ.dø\
The verdict
“à la six-quatre-deux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rapidement, négligemment, sans plan précis ni même imprécis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-six-quatre-deux · à la six-quatre-deux · French
à la six-quatre-deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 six-quatre-deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a.la.sis.katʁ.dø\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la six-quatre-deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la six-quatre-deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a.la.sis.katʁ.dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rapidement, négligemment, sans plan précis ni même imprécis.".
No misspelling variants are generated for à la six-quatre-deux in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à la six-quatre-deux, spelled À- -L-A- -S-I-X---Q-U-A-T-R-E---D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Rapidement, négligemment, sans plan précis ni même imprécis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la six-quatre-deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des gens de lettres vêtus à la six-quatre-deux, crottés comme leur ancêtre Colletet, sans gants, avec des pipes, se confondent —sans se mêler— avec les nobles gentlemen attablés là comme dans des salons, irréprochables de mise et d’allures.
Cette dissertation sur le grand Frédéric est torchée à la six-quatre-deux, c’est moi qui vous le dis.
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.