avoir du flair
\a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avoir du flair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ dy flɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir du flair » en français
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
- 1Avoir de l'intuition. Être capable de deviner quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir du flair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des antiquaires qui ont du flair pour les bonnes affaires.
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.