avoir du pot

\a.vwaʁ dy po\

/\a.vwaʁ dy po\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir du pot” 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
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir de la chance.

Key facts for avoir du pot
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir du pot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ dy po\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir du pot” sits in French frequency

avoir du pot 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 du pot is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ dy po\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avoir de la chance.".

No misspelling variants are generated for avoir du pot in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is avoir du pot, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-U- -P-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir de la chance.

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 pot"?
"avoir du pot" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -D-U- -P-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ dy po\.
What does "avoir du pot" mean?
As a verb, "avoir du pot" means: Avoir de la chance.
How do you pronounce "avoir du pot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir du pot" is \a.vwaʁ dy po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir du pot" come from?
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Using “avoir du pot”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -D-U- -P-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ dy po\ (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