à tort
\a tɔʁ\
The verdict
“à tort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans raison ; injustement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-tort · à tort · French
à tort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 tort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à tort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à tort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a tɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans raison ; injustement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for à tort in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is à tort, spelled À- -T-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Sans raison ; injustement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à tort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’acheteur d’une paire de chevaux les recherche, souvent à tort, au point de vue de la ressemblance, au lieu d’exiger la qualité ; le marchand est prévenu d’avance, aussi associe-t-il des animaux très-différents quant à leur valeur, pourvu qu’ils aient même taille et même robe ; […].
[…] au lieu d'aller chercher une subsistance moins saine et moins économique chez des industriels qu'on a baptisé bien à tort du nom de restaurateurs.
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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.