à première vue
\a pʁə.mjɛʁ vy\
The verdict
“à première vue” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au premier aspect ; à la première inspection.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à première vue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a pʁə.mjɛʁ vy\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à première vue” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à première vue is 14 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a pʁə.mjɛʁ vy\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
à première vue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à première vue, spelled À- -P-R-E-M-I-È-R-E- -V-U-E.
Definition
- 1Au premier aspect ; à la première inspection.
- 2Sans l’avoir préalablement étudié, en parlant d’un morceau de musique que l’on joue.
- 3Au premier examen.
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.
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Using “à première vue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -P-R-E-M-I-È-R-E- -V-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a pʁə.mjɛʁ vy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.