en avant
\ɑ̃.n‿a.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“en avant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au-delà du lieu où l’on est, devant et à une certaine distance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-avant · en avant · French
en avant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en avant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.n‿a.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en avant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en avant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃.n‿a.vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for en avant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 en avant, spelled E-N- -A-V-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Au-delà du lieu où l’on est, devant et à une certaine distance.
- 2Vers le lieu ou vers le côté qui est devant.
- 3Du devant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en avant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était fort loin en avant. — Il se tenait au pied du trône et deux pas en avant.
Pris au dépourvu, je suis projeté violemment en avant; le pommeau de ma selle arabe m'empêche de passer par-dessus la tête de ma monture, mais me donne une contusion à l’épigastre […].
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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.