avoir à l’œil
\a.vwa.ʁ‿a lœj\
The verdict
“avoir à l’œil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surveiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-a-l-il · avoir à l’œil · French
avoir à l’œil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | avoir à l’œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwa.ʁ‿a lœj\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir à l’œil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir à l’œil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwa.ʁ‿a lœj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surveiller.".
avoir à l’œil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avoir à l’œil, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -À- -L-’-Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Surveiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir à l’œil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dix-huit ans que je t’ai à l’œil.
— Et que comptez-vous faire contre lui ? —Attendre qu'il fasse une connerie. Nous l’avons à l'œil.
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.