allées et venues
\a.le.z‿e və.ny\
The verdict
“allées et venues” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’aller et de venir plusieurs fois, déplacements incessants en tous sens.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allées et venues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.le.z‿e və.ny\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “allées et venues” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
allées et venues is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.le.z‿e və.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for allées et venues in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 allées et venues, spelled A-L-L-É-E-S- -E-T- -V-E-N-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Action d’aller et de venir plusieurs fois, déplacements incessants en tous sens.
- 2Les pas et les démarches qu’on fait pour une affaire.
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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.
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Using “allées et venues”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-É-E-S- -E-T- -V-E-N-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.le.z‿e və.ny\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.