aller au fait
\a.le o fɛ\
The verdict
“aller au fait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En venir au fait, aller à l’essentiel, au principal, à l’intéressant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aller-au-fait · aller au fait · French
aller au fait · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aller au fait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le o fɛ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aller au fait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aller au fait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.le o fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En venir au fait, aller à l’essentiel, au principal, à l’intéressant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aller au fait in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aller au fait, spelled A-L-L-E-R- -A-U- -F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1En venir au fait, aller à l’essentiel, au principal, à l’intéressant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aller au fait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle lui a fait comprendre par cette phrase qu’il ne faut pas qu’il soit macabre, mais qu’il peut quand même aller au fait.
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.