aller au diable
\a.le o djɑbl\
The verdict
“aller au diable” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aller excessivement loin, se dit pour maudire quelqu’un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aller au diable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le o djɑbl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aller au diable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aller au diable is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.le o djɑbl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aller excessivement loin, se dit pour maudire quelqu’un.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aller au diable in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is aller au diable, spelled A-L-L-E-R- -A-U- -D-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Aller excessivement loin, se dit pour maudire quelqu’un.
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 “aller au diable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-E-R- -A-U- -D-I-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.