avoir la dent
\a.vwaʁ la dɑ̃\
The verdict
“avoir la dent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir faim.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-la-dent · avoir la dent · French
avoir la dent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avoir la dent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ la dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir la dent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir la dent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ la dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir faim.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for avoir la dent, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is avoir la dent, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Avoir faim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avoir la dent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Tu vas t’y servir, oui ou non ? J’ai la dent, moi, mon vieux. J’ai la dent…
Elle tient à la main un plateau supportant un bol de café fumant, des toasts beurrés et un pot de confiture. Justement, j’ai la dent.
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.