donner la clé des champs
\dɔ.ne la kle dɛ ʃɑ̃\
The verdict
“donner la clé des champs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner pleine liberté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donner-la-cle-des-champs · donner la clé des champs · French
donner la clé des champs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 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 | donner la clé des champs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne la kle dɛ ʃɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « donner la clé des champs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
donner la clé des champs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔ.ne la kle dɛ ʃɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Donner pleine liberté.".
donner la clé des champs has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is donner la clé des champs, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -L-A- -C-L-É- -D-E-S- -C-H-A-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Donner pleine liberté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how donner la clé des champs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En votant la loi Neuwirth qui légalise en 1967 les techniques modernes de contraception, un parlement composé exclusivement d'hommes a donné la clé des champs à la sexualité féminine.
Synonyms
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.