avoir les talons près du derrière

\a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\

/\a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“avoir les talons près du derrière” 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
33
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partir, s’enfuir précipitamment.

Key facts for avoir les talons près du derrière
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir les talons près du derrière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters33
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir les talons près du derrière” sits in French frequency

avoir les talons près du derrière falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avoir les talons près du derrière is 33 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partir, s’enfuir précipitamment.".

Zero misspellings are on record for avoir les talons près du derrière in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avoir les talons près du derrière, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E-S- -T-A-L-O-N-S- -P-R-È-S- -D-U- -D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partir, s’enfuir précipitamment.

Synonyms

prendre ses jambes à son cou

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 les talons près du derrière"?
"avoir les talons près du derrière" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E-S- -T-A-L-O-N-S- -P-R-È-S- -D-U- -D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "avoir les talons près du derrière" mean?
As a verb, "avoir les talons près du derrière" means: Partir, s’enfuir précipitamment.
How do you pronounce "avoir les talons près du derrière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir les talons près du derrière" is \a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir les talons près du derrière" come from?
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Using “avoir les talons près du derrière”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -L-E-S- -T-A-L-O-N-S- -P-R-È-S- -D-U- -D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ lɛ ta.lɔ̃ pʁɛ dy dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list