à souhait
\a swɛ\
The verdict
“à souhait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selon ses désirs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-souhait · à souhait · French
à souhait · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 souhait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a swɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à souhait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à souhait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a swɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selon ses désirs.".
à souhait doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 souhait, spelled À- -S-O-U-H-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Selon ses désirs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à souhait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce n’était point la campagne, mais c’était un parc immense avec de vastes pelouses vertes et des bouquets de jeunes arbres çà et là. Nous étions là à souhait pour causer.
Or, un jour, comme à souhait, une lettre arriva, qui fut tout un événement dans la maison.
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.