en aveugle
\ɑ̃ na.vœɡl\
The verdict
“en aveugle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au hasard, sans lumière ou sans réflexion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-aveugle · en aveugle · French
en aveugle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 aveugle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ na.vœɡl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en aveugle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ na.vœɡl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au hasard, sans lumière ou sans réflexion.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en aveugle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is en aveugle, spelled E-N- -A-V-E-U-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Au hasard, sans lumière ou sans réflexion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en aveugle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Juger en aveugle.
Aristide écoutait d’ordinaire aux portes de la sous-préfecture, pour avoir des renseignements précis ; il sentait qu’il marchait en aveugle, et il se raccrochait aux nouvelles qu’il volait à l’administration.
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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.