avoir tort

\a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\

/\a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“avoir tort” 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
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ne pas avoir raison, se tromper.

Key facts for avoir tort
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir tort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir tort” sits in French frequency

avoir tort 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 tort is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\. 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: "Ne pas avoir raison, se tromper.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for avoir tort, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avoir tort, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -T-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne pas avoir raison, se tromper.

Synonyms

être en tortfaire erreurse fourrer le doigt dans l’œilse fourrer le doigt dans l’œil jusqu’au coudes’égarerse gourerse tromper

Antonyms

avoir raisonêtre dans le vrai

This word in other languages

equivocarse(Español)

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 tort"?
"avoir tort" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -T-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\.
What does "avoir tort" mean?
As a verb, "avoir tort" means: Ne pas avoir raison, se tromper.
How do you pronounce "avoir tort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avoir tort" is \a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avoir tort" come from?
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Using “avoir tort”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -T-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vwaʁ tɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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