avec plaisir

\av.ɛk plɛ.ziʁ\

/\av.ɛk plɛ.ziʁ\/ intj

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volontiers, avec joie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avec-plaisir · avec plaisir · French

avec plaisir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for avec plaisir
PropertyValue
Headwordavec plaisir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\av.ɛk plɛ.ziʁ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avec plaisir » en français

avec plaisirreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

avec plaisir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \av.ɛk plɛ.ziʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

avec plaisir has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avec plaisir, spelled A-V-E-C- -P-L-A-I-S-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Volontiers, avec joie.
  2. 2
    Formule de politesse donnée en réponse à un remerciement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how avec plaisir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les enfants, voulez-vous aller au cirque ce soir ? Avec plaisir, Papa !
  2. C'est dommage, ça aurait été avec plaisir, mais je déjeune avec Zoé.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 plaisir"?
"avec plaisir" is spelled A-V-E-C- -P-L-A-I-S-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \av.ɛk plɛ.ziʁ\.
What does "avec plaisir" mean?
As an interjection, "avec plaisir" means: Volontiers, avec joie.
How do you pronounce "avec plaisir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avec plaisir" is \av.ɛk plɛ.ziʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avec plaisir" come from?
"avec plaisir" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list