avoir de la chance

\a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\

/\a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\/ verb

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The verdict

“avoir de la chance” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.

Key facts for avoir de la chance
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir de la chance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir de la chance” sits in French frequency

avoir de la chance 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avoir de la chance is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

  1. 1
    Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.
  2. 2
    Bénéficier d'un concours favorable de circonstances.
  3. 3
    Être chanceux.

Synonyms

avoir le cul bordé de médaillesavoir le cul bordé de nouillesavoir de la chatteavoir de la mouleavoir de la rondelleavoir de la veineavoir du bolavoir du culavoir du potavoir du vaseavoir la marde au culavoir une chance de cocuêtre cocuêtre mardeuxêtre né coifféêtre plein de mardené avec une cuillère d’argent dans la bouche

Antonyms

avoir la guigne

This word in other languages

lucky(English)

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 "avoir de la chance"?
"avoir de la chance" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -C-H-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\.
What does "avoir de la chance" mean?
As a verb, "avoir de la chance" means: Se trouver face à une circonstance favorable.
How do you pronounce "avoir de la chance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir de la chance" is \a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir de la chance" come from?
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Using “avoir de la chance”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -C-H-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ də la ʃɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list