avec des pincettes

adv

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Délicatement, avec beaucoup de précautions.

Key facts for avec des pincettes
PropertyValue
Headwordavec des pincettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avec des pincettes” sits in French frequency

avec des pincettes 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

avec des pincettes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Délicatement, avec beaucoup de précautions.".

avec des pincettes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avec des pincettes, spelled A-V-E-C- -D-E-S- -P-I-N-C-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Délicatement, avec beaucoup de précautions.

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 "avec des pincettes"?
"avec des pincettes" is spelled A-V-E-C- -D-E-S- -P-I-N-C-E-T-T-E-S.
What does "avec des pincettes" mean?
As an adverb, "avec des pincettes" means: Délicatement, avec beaucoup de précautions.
What language does "avec des pincettes" come from?
"avec des pincettes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “avec des pincettes”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-E-C- -D-E-S- -P-I-N-C-E-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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