avoir de la chance
\a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\
The verdict
“avoir de la chance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-de-la-chance · avoir de la chance · French
avoir de la chance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 | avoir de la chance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avoir de la chance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
avoir de la chance has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avoir de la chance, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -C-H-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.
- 2Bénéficier d'un concours favorable de circonstances.
- 3Être chanceux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir de la chance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On faisait, devant Napoléon, l’apologie de tel ou tel nouveau général. Et lui : Oui, bon, d’accord, très bien, mais est-ce qu’il a de la chance ? L’entourage de l’Empereur pensait alors qu’il voulait plaisanter. Erreur. Pas de question plus sérieuse que celle de la chance.
La chance d’avoir du talent ne suffit pas; il faut encore le talent d’avoir de la chance.
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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.