à revoir
\a ʁə.vwaʁ\
The verdict
“à revoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de au revoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-revoir · à revoir · French
à revoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 revoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \a ʁə.vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à revoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à revoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \a ʁə.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à revoir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à revoir, spelled À- -R-E-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de au revoir.
- 2Locution dont on se sert pour dire qu’il faut faire un nouvel examen d’un compte, d’une citation, d’un écrit, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à revoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— En ce cas, je pars, répondit Marsillat, visiblement contrarié de laisser le jeune baron auprès de Jeanne. À revoir !
À revoir, une poignée de main, et si tu t’ennuies jamais de ta vie de paysan, appelle le corbeau noir du Bourbonnais à ton aide ; il se souviendra qu’il a cornemusé un air sur ton dos sans fâcherie, et qu’il t’a cédé par estime de ton bon courage. — (George Sand, Les Maîtres sonneurs, George Bell and sons, 1908, page 77)
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.