à savoir

\a sa.vwaʁ\

/\a sa.vwaʁ\/ conj

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The verdict

“à savoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. 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) - C’est-à-dire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-savoir · à savoir · French

à savoir · 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.

Key facts for à savoir
PropertyValue
Headwordà savoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\a sa.vwaʁ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “à savoir” sits in French frequency

à savoir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

à savoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \a sa.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for à savoir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à savoir, spelled À- -S-A-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    C’est-à-dire.
  2. 2
    Locution dont on se sert pour spécifier les choses dont il s’agit et est suivie d’une énumération.
  3. 3
    On s’en sert aussi pour marquer qu’on doute de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how à savoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À toutes ces expériences, la physiologie positive gagna deux grandes vérités, à savoir que certains animaux peuvent, comme les plantes, se reproduire par boutures et par bourgeons.
  2. Cette particularité semble confirmer nettement l'interprétation que donne l'éminent phytosociologue de Zurich, à savoir que le fauchage est défavorable aux Thérophytes.

Synonyms

assavoirc’est à savoirsavoirscil.soit

This word in other languages

that is(English)o sea(Español)nämlich(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à savoir"?
"à savoir" is spelled À- -S-A-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a sa.vwaʁ\.
What does "à savoir" mean?
As a conjunction, "à savoir" means: C’est-à-dire.
How do you pronounce "à savoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à savoir" is \a sa.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à savoir" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list