d’une haleine
\d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\
The verdict
“d’une haleine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout d’une haleine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-une-haleine · d’une haleine · French
d’une haleine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | d’une haleine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
d’une haleine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿y.n‿a.lɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tout d’une haleine.".
d’une haleine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is d’une haleine, spelled D-’-U-N-E- -H-A-L-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tout d’une haleine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’une haleine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors prenant des mains de deux Echansons qu’elle avoit à côté d’elle, une coupe d’or & un vase de même métal ; elle mit la premiere entre les mains de cet hôte, & la remplit elle-même d’un vin précieux. Giscon but d’une haleine la liqueur enflâmée.
Il s’était fait faire un splendide verre en cristal de Bohême, qui jaugeait, Dieu me damne ! une bouteille de bordeaux tout entière, et il le buvait d’une haleine !
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