au doigt mouillé

\o dwa mu.je\

/\o dwa mu.je\/ adv

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The verdict

“au doigt mouillé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Approximativement, au pif (désigne toute évaluation sommaire, imprécise).

Key facts for au doigt mouillé
PropertyValue
Headwordau doigt mouillé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\o dwa mu.je\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “au doigt mouillé” sits in French frequency

au doigt mouillé falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

au doigt mouillé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o dwa mu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Approximativement, au pif (désigne toute évaluation sommaire, imprécise).".

au doigt mouillé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is au doigt mouillé, spelled A-U- -D-O-I-G-T- -M-O-U-I-L-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Approximativement, au pif (désigne toute évaluation sommaire, imprécise).

Synonyms

à la loucheà vue de nezau pifomètreau pifenviron

This word in other languages

rule of thumb(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "au doigt mouillé"?
"au doigt mouillé" is spelled A-U- -D-O-I-G-T- -M-O-U-I-L-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \o dwa mu.je\.
What does "au doigt mouillé" mean?
As an adverb, "au doigt mouillé" means: Approximativement, au pif (désigne toute évaluation sommaire, imprécise).
How do you pronounce "au doigt mouillé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "au doigt mouillé" is \o dwa mu.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "au doigt mouillé" come from?
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Using “au doigt mouillé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-U- -D-O-I-G-T- -M-O-U-I-L-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \o dwa mu.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list