dans l’ensemble
\dɑ̃ l‿ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\
The verdict
“dans l’ensemble” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En général.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dans-l-ensemble · dans l’ensemble · French
dans l’ensemble · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | dans l’ensemble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɑ̃ l‿ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dans l’ensemble » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dans l’ensemble is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɑ̃ l‿ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En général.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dans l’ensemble, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dans l’ensemble, spelled D-A-N-S- -L-’-E-N-S-E-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1En général.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dans l’ensemble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] et, fort beau gars encore, malgré sa corpulence, présentait dans l’ensemble l’allure d’un écuyer de cirque.
Synonyms
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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.