à mi-chemin
\a mi.ʃmɛ̃\
The verdict
“à mi-chemin” 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 distance égale des deux points mentionnés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-mi-chemin · à mi-chemin · French
à mi-chemin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 mi-chemin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a mi.ʃmɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à mi-chemin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a mi.ʃmɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à mi-chemin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à mi-chemin, spelled À- -M-I---C-H-E-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1À distance égale des deux points mentionnés.
- 2À la moitié du parcours ou de la distance.
- 3À valeur moyenne entre les deux points mentionnés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à mi-chemin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les autres s'accroupirent en cercle et quelques-uns se postèrent à mi–chemin du village pour que nul bavard indiscret ne vînt aux nouvelles avant de savoir ce qui motivait ce retour nocturne.
Un dimanche après-midi, alors que j'étais de semaine, occupé au bureau des brigades à copier des signalements, un télégramme arriva de Lothiers, grosse agglomération située sur la route nationale, à mi-chemin entre Châteauroux et Argenton.
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.