arrondir les angles
\a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ lɛ.z‿ɑ̃ɡl\
The verdict
“arrondir les angles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Émousser les angles saillants, les rendre moins pointus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arrondir-les-angles · arrondir les angles · French
arrondir les angles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 | arrondir les angles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ lɛ.z‿ɑ̃ɡl\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « arrondir les angles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
arrondir les angles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ lɛ.z‿ɑ̃ɡl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arrondir les angles, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is arrondir les angles, spelled A-R-R-O-N-D-I-R- -L-E-S- -A-N-G-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Émousser les angles saillants, les rendre moins pointus.
- 2S’adapter, s’adoucir pour ne pas heurter la sensibilité de publics différents ; avoir plus de tact ; user de plus de diplomatie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arrondir les angles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce mélange de meubles et d’espérances m’émouvait. Au XVIIIᵉ siècle on arrondissait les angles des meubles pour qu’ils prissent mieux les tournants de la vie.
Vous pourriez envenimer la situation si vous refusez d’arrondir les angles.
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.