avaler la pilule
\a.va.le la pi.lyl\
The verdict
“avaler la pilule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accepter quelque chose avec difficulté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avaler-la-pilule · avaler la pilule · French
avaler la pilule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | avaler la pilule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.va.le la pi.lyl\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avaler la pilule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.va.le la pi.lyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accepter quelque chose avec difficulté.".
Zero misspellings are on record for avaler la pilule in our index, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avaler la pilule, spelled A-V-A-L-E-R- -L-A- -P-I-L-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Accepter quelque chose avec difficulté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avaler la pilule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les pouvoirs publics et nombre d’associations à leur dévotion essaient de faire avaler la pilule du radar comme la panacée de la lutte contre l’insécurité routière et comme l’élément crucial qui a fait reculer la mortalité sur nos routes.
La pilule risque d’être très difficile à avaler par les ministres de Theresa May partisans d’un Brexit dur, sans parler des élus du Parlement de Westminster.
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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.