au bout du fil
\o bu dy fil\
The verdict
“au bout du fil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accroché à un fil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-bout-du-fil · au bout du fil · French
au bout du fil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | au bout du fil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o bu dy fil\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au bout du fil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au bout du fil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o bu dy fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for au bout du fil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is au bout du fil, spelled A-U- -B-O-U-T- -D-U- -F-I-L.
Definition
- 1Accroché à un fil.
- 2Au téléphone, désigne une personne à qui l’on parle à distance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au bout du fil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Suivant l’adage « aux innocents les mains pleines », son père n’avait pas tardé à attraper une magnifique carpe aux reflets argentés et dorés qui se débattait comme une diablesse au bout du fil, et qu’il avait bien du mal à maîtriser.
Avec au bout du fil des conseillers complètement impuissants, dans l’incapacité totale de revenir sur l’oukase d’une directrice aux dents longues
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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.