avoir la tête en l’air
\a.vwaʁ la tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\
The verdict
“avoir la tête en l’air” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas être attentif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-la-tete-en-l-air · avoir la tête en l’air · French
avoir la tête en l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 tête en l’air |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ la tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir la tête en l’air » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir la tête en l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ la tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas être attentif.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for avoir la tête en l’air, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avoir la tête en l’air, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E- -E-N- -L-’-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Ne pas être attentif.
Synonyms
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.