avoir la dalle
\a.vwaʁ la dal\
The verdict
“avoir la dalle” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ou Avoir très faim, ressentir le besoin de manger quelque chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avoir la dalle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ la dal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avoir la dalle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for avoir la dalle is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ la dal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for avoir la dalle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 la dalle, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -D-A-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1ou Avoir très faim, ressentir le besoin de manger quelque chose.
- 2ou N’avoir rien d’autre en tête que le plaisir charnel.
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.
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Using “avoir la dalle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -D-A-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.vwaʁ la dal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.