à la va-vite
\a la va.vit\
The verdict
“à la va-vite” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière bâclée et pressée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à la va-vite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la va.vit\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à la va-vite” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à la va-vite is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a la va.vit\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De manière bâclée et pressée.".
à la va-vite has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à la va-vite, spelled À- -L-A- -V-A---V-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1De manière bâclée et pressée.
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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 va-vite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -L-A- -V-A---V-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a la va.vit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.