aller droit au but
\a.le dʁwa.t‿o byt\
The verdict
“aller droit au but” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller directement à la fin, dire franchement les choses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aller-droit-au-but · aller droit au but · French
aller droit au but · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 droit au but |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le dʁwa.t‿o byt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aller droit au but » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aller droit au but is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.le dʁwa.t‿o byt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aller directement à la fin, dire franchement les choses.".
aller droit au but has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aller droit au but, spelled A-L-L-E-R- -D-R-O-I-T- -A-U- -B-U-T.
Definition
- 1Aller directement à la fin, dire franchement les choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aller droit au but appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] on voit bien que l’exiguïté de l’espace imparti aujourd’hui à la section des sports prohibe le tataouinage. Pas question de pérorer. Trêve de circonlocutions et de périphrases. Il faut aller droit au but.
Pourquoi, si le tiers-parti voulait repousser le ministère, ne pas le dire hautement […] ? Pourquoi ne pas constater l’incompatibilité du système […] avec les opinions de la chambre ? Quelle est donc cette manière de s’envelopper dans les phrases vagues et de ne jamais aller droit au but ? Il faut dire ici le dessous des cartes. Toute cette affaire […] es…
This word in other languages
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