à vomir
\a vo.miʁ\
The verdict
“à vomir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être regardé sans dégoût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-vomir · à vomir · French
à vomir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 vomir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a vo.miʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à vomir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à vomir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a vo.miʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne peut être regardé sans dégoût.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à vomir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à vomir, spelled À- -V-O-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être regardé sans dégoût.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à vomir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Quelle horreur, les vieillards, dès qu’ils ne se tiennent pas à distance des jeunes êtres, c’est à vomir, les vieux écrivains qui osent en parler dans leurs livres, qui n’en ont pas honte.
Maintenant qu’il sait qu’il ne sera pas jugé, il en profite. Et pas un regret, pas un mot de repentance ! C’est à vomir.
Synonyms
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.