en tête-à-tête
\ɑ̃.tɛt.a.tɛt\
The verdict
“en tête-à-tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - À deux, sans que personne d’autre soit présent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-tete-a-tete · en tête-à-tête · French
en tête-à-tête · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en tête-à-tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɛt.a.tɛt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en tête-à-tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en tête-à-tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃.tɛt.a.tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en tête-à-tête, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 tête-à-tête, spelled E-N- -T-Ê-T-E---À---T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1À deux, sans que personne d’autre soit présent.
- 2En couple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en tête-à-tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par exemple arriver chez sa nouvelle blonde avec un tétrapack de vin rouge… ça brise le charme d'un souper en tête-à-tête.
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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.