aller voir
\a.le vwaʁ\
The verdict
“aller voir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller quelque part pour se rendre compte de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aller-voir · aller voir · French
aller voir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 voir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aller voir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aller voir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.le vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aller voir, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aller voir, spelled A-L-L-E-R- -V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Aller quelque part pour se rendre compte de quelque chose.
- 2Aller chez quelqu’un pour lui faire visite, pour lui rendre ses devoirs, pour l’entretenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aller voir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais auparavant, il décida d’aller voir lui-même ce qui se tramait par là-bas, aux limites du Zoulouland voisin.
Je suis allé le voir deux fois.
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.