dire au revoir
\di.ʁ‿o ʁə.vwaʁ\
The verdict
“dire au revoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se séparer de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, prendre congé, se débarrasser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dire-au-revoir · dire au revoir · French
dire au revoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | dire au revoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \di.ʁ‿o ʁə.vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dire au revoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dire au revoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \di.ʁ‿o ʁə.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se séparer de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, prendre congé, se débarrasser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dire au revoir, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dire au revoir, spelled D-I-R-E- -A-U- -R-E-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Se séparer de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, prendre congé, se débarrasser.
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.