à mort
\a mɔʁ\
The verdict
“à mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À fond, jusqu'au bout de quelque chose, jusqu'à la fin de quelque chose, à l’extrême du possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-mort · à mort · French
à mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à mort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
à mort has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à mort, spelled À- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1À fond, jusqu'au bout de quelque chose, jusqu'à la fin de quelque chose, à l’extrême du possible.
- 2De manière qu’on en meure.
- 3Locution utilisée pour souhaiter la mort d’une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voilà l’eau qui tombe à mort, vous n’avez quasi rien sur le corps, vous prendrez du mal.
On l’a gardé par charité, dans la maison, pendant les vacances. Il en profite pour étudier à mort les philosophes grecs.
Synonyms
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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.