à la virgule près
\a la viʁ.ɡyl pʁɛ\
The verdict
“à la virgule près” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au plus près du texte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-virgule-pres · à la virgule près · French
à la virgule près · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 virgule près |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a la viʁ.ɡyl pʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la virgule près is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a la viʁ.ɡyl pʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for à la virgule près in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is à la virgule près, spelled À- -L-A- -V-I-R-G-U-L-E- -P-R-È-S.
Definition
- 1Au plus près du texte.
- 2Au plus précis ; sur le moindre détail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à la virgule près appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il en aura fallu, depuis le début de la pandémie en mars, des heures de discussions, des psychodrames à répétition et des marchandages à la virgule près pour en arriver là.
Synonyms
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.