avoir de la veine
\a.vwaʁ də la vɛn\
The verdict
“avoir de la veine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir de la chance, être chanceux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-de-la-veine · avoir de la veine · French
avoir de la veine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 veine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ də la vɛn\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir de la veine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir de la veine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ də la vɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir de la chance, être chanceux.".
avoir de la veine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is avoir de la veine, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -V-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Avoir de la chance, être chanceux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir de la veine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu as des places pour le concert ? Tu en as de la veine !
Je ne pus m'empêcher de lui faire remarquer que si tout ce que je risquais d'attraper avec la Luftwaffe était une angine, j'aurais vraiment de la veine.
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.