à la vérité
\a la ve.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“à la vérité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À dire vrai.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-verite · à la vérité · French
à la vérité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 vérité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la ve.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la vérité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la vérité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la ve.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À dire vrai.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à la vérité, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à la vérité, spelled À- -L-A- -V-É-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1À dire vrai.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la vérité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais c'était un bateau négrier et ses propriétaires n'aimaient pas voir des trous dans leur coque. À la vérité, personne ne s'était beaucoup soucié de ces fonds de cale lorsque le bateau subissait des travaux de carénage.
Le monde de Kafka est à la vérité un univers indicible où l’homme se donne le luxe torturant de pêcher dans une baignoire, sachant qu’il n’en sortira rien.
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.