comme une flèche
\kɔ.m‿yn flɛʃ\
The verdict
“comme une flèche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À toute vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comme-une-fleche · comme une flèche · French
comme une flèche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | comme une flèche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kɔ.m‿yn flɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « comme une flèche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
comme une flèche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kɔ.m‿yn flɛʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À toute vitesse.".
comme une flèche has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is comme une flèche, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -F-L-È-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1À toute vitesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comme une flèche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paul partit comme une flèche ; il courut aux cabanes ; il y trouva Marguerite qui lisait avec Sophie et Jacques.
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.