en vadrouille
\ɑ̃ va.dʁuj\
The verdict
“en vadrouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En promenade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-vadrouille · en vadrouille · French
en vadrouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 vadrouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ va.dʁuj\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en vadrouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en vadrouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ va.dʁuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for en vadrouille, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is en vadrouille, spelled E-N- -V-A-D-R-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1En promenade.
- 2En mouvement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en vadrouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au fil de l’album, les séquences s’enchaînent, comme s’il était en vadrouille des journées entières, avec une prédilection pour le dimanche.
À ce moment survint le chien-loup du gamin, la langue pendante et la queue en vadrouille. Ahiga lui assena un vilain coup de talon.
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.