avoir raison

\a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃\

/\a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“avoir raison” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dire, penser quelque chose qui est vrai, ne pas se tromper ou commettre d’erreur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoir-raison · avoir raison · French

avoir raison · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for avoir raison
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir raison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avoir raison » en français

avoir raisonn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

avoir raison is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avoir raison, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avoir raison, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -R-A-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dire, penser quelque chose qui est vrai, ne pas se tromper ou commettre d’erreur.
  2. 2
    (Suivi par de et un verbe) Avoir des raisons, des motifs légitimes pour penser ou agir comme on le fait.
  3. 3
    (Suivi par de et un nom) Détruire ou mettre fin à quelque chose; triompher de ou défaire quelqu'un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how avoir raison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Où d’Artagnan reconnaît qu’il s’était trompé, et que c’était Manicamp qui avait raison
  2. — Grande bête, lui dit son maître, est-ce que tu te laisserais choir comme une autre, toi ? — Monsieur, c’est cette marche de votre escalier qui ne tient pas. — Elle a raison, dit madame Grandet. Vous auriez dû la faire raccommoder depuis longtemps. Hier, Eugénie a failli s’y fouler le pied.

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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 raison"?
"avoir raison" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -R-A-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃\.
What does "avoir raison" mean?
As a verb, "avoir raison" means: Dire, penser quelque chose qui est vrai, ne pas se tromper ou commettre d’erreur.
How do you pronounce "avoir raison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir raison" is \a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir raison" come from?
"avoir raison" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list