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 May 6, 2026) - Émousser les angles saillants, les rendre moins pointus.
| 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) |
Where “arrondir les angles” sits in French frequency
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.
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 “arrondir les angles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-R-R-O-N-D-I-R- -L-E-S- -A-N-G-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.