aller de l’avant
\a.le də l‿a.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“aller de l’avant” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avancer devant soi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aller de l’avant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le də l‿a.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aller de l’avant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aller de l’avant is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.le də l‿a.vɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
aller de l’avant has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 aller de l’avant, spelled A-L-L-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-A-V-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Avancer devant soi.
- 2Se projeter vers l’avenir.
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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 “aller de l’avant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-A-V-A-N-T - 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.