à toute allure
\a tu.t‿a.lyʁ\
The verdict
“à toute allure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec une grande vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-toute-allure · à toute allure · French
à toute allure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 toute allure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a tu.t‿a.lyʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à toute allure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a tu.t‿a.lyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avec une grande vitesse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à toute allure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à toute allure, spelled À- -T-O-U-T-E- -A-L-L-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Avec une grande vitesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à toute allure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À toute allure les autobus, les omnibus et les charrettes de commissionnaires voituraient malles et valises vers la gare ; sur les quais envahis, l’exode des hiverneurs d’élite se heurtait à la bousculade des voyageurs de toute espèce.
Nous descendîmes, le long des devantures baissées, la rue noire et déserte lorsqu’un taxi que j’arrêtai, se rangea contre le trottoir, nous chargea et sur la seule indication: « Au bal du Saint-Martin », partit à toute allure.
This word in other languages
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