avoir du pot

\a.vwaʁ dy po\

/\a.vwaʁ dy po\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir de la chance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoir-du-pot · avoir du pot · French

avoir du pot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 pot
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir du pot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ dy po\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

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

avoir du potsiège 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 pot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ dy po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pas de pot !
  2. Il se mit à pleuvoir et on creva. Le père nota qu’on avait assez de pot, c’était le premier pépin, un pépin en quelque sorte normal et courant, dit-il en faisant marcher le cric, sous la flotte.

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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list