avoir du flair

\a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\

/\a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir du flair” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir de l'intuition. Être capable de deviner quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoir-du-flair · avoir du flair · French

avoir du flair · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for avoir du flair
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir du flair
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avoir du flair » en français

avoir du flairsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

avoir du flair is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir de l'intuition. Être capable de deviner quelque chose.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avoir du flair, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avoir du flair, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-U- -F-L-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir de l'intuition. Être capable de deviner quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a des antiquaires qui ont du flair pour les bonnes affaires.
  2. Un enquêteur doit avoir du flair.

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 du flair"?
"avoir du flair" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-U- -F-L-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\.
What does "avoir du flair" mean?
As a verb, "avoir du flair" means: Avoir de l'intuition. Être capable de deviner quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "avoir du flair"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir du flair" is \a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir du flair" come from?
"avoir du flair" 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