avoir la trouille
\a.vwaʁ la tʁuj\
The verdict
“avoir la trouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir peur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avoir-la-trouille · avoir la trouille · French
avoir la trouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 trouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwaʁ la tʁuj\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avoir la trouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avoir la trouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ la tʁuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir peur.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avoir la trouille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir la trouille, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -T-R-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Avoir peur.
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.