en avoir assez

\ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ.a.se\

/\ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ.a.se\/ verb

The verdict

“en avoir assez” 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) - Ne plus pouvoir supporter quelque chose ou quelqu'un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-en-avoir-assez · en avoir assez · French

en avoir assez · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for en avoir assez
PropertyValue
Headworden avoir assez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ.a.se\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « en avoir assez » en français

en avoir assezn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

en avoir assez is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ.a.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne plus pouvoir supporter quelque chose ou quelqu'un.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en avoir assez, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 avoir assez, spelled E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -A-S-S-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne plus pouvoir supporter quelque chose ou quelqu'un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how en avoir assez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous en avons assez des dentellières et de leurs racontars, et nous remontons vers la ville haute.
  2. Ah ! mais, je commence à en avoir assez, de vous autres et de vos simagrées. Je sais ce que vous valez, à présent, vous tous, et votre guerre, et votre Empire, et votre trompe-l’œil… De la camelote, tout ça, du chiqué !

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "en avoir assez"?
"en avoir assez" is spelled E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -A-S-S-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ.a.se\.
What does "en avoir assez" mean?
As a verb, "en avoir assez" means: Ne plus pouvoir supporter quelque chose ou quelqu'un.
How do you pronounce "en avoir assez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "en avoir assez" is \ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ.a.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "en avoir assez" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list