en long, en large et en travers
The verdict
“en long, en large et en travers” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec beaucoup de détails.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en long, en large et en travers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en long, en large et en travers” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for en long, en large et en travers is 31 letters long, classified as an adverb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avec beaucoup de détails.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for en long, en large et en travers in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 long, en large et en travers, spelled E-N- -L-O-N-G-,- -E-N- -L-A-R-G-E- -E-T- -E-N- -T-R-A-V-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Avec beaucoup de détails.
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.
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Using “en long, en large et en travers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N- -L-O-N-G-,- -E-N- -L-A-R-G-E- -E-T- -E-N- -T-R-A-V-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.