à perte
\a pɛʁt\
The verdict
“à perte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En faisant une perte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-perte · à perte · French
à perte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 perte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a pɛʁt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à perte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à perte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a pɛʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En faisant une perte.".
Zero misspellings are on record for à perte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à perte, spelled À- -P-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1En faisant une perte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à perte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Assyrie, en Égypte, l’intermédiarat existait, et, aussi, le prêt avec intérêt. Les paysans, manquant de blé, empruntaient des lingots d’or ou d’argent pour s’en procurer ; puis, quand il leur fallait rendre ces lingots, ils vendaient la récolte à perte, naturellement, à des trusteurs qui devinrent peu à peu maîtres du marché.
La vente à perte est interdite en France, sauf pendant les soldes.
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.