en vue de
\ɑ̃ vy də\
The verdict
“en vue de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En un point où l’on peut voir, d’où l’on peut être vu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-vue-de · en vue de · French
en vue de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 vue de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ vy də\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en vue de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en vue de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \ɑ̃ vy də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for en vue de, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is en vue de, spelled E-N- -V-U-E- -D-E.
Definition
- 1En un point où l’on peut voir, d’où l’on peut être vu.
- 2Dans l’intention de, en considération de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en vue de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le roi, accompagné d’Ivanhoé, de Gurth et de Wamba, arriva sans accident en vue du château de Coningsburg avant que le soleil eût quitté l’horizon.
[…] ; les utopies sociales furent faites en vue de maintenir un noyau de guerriers homériques dans les cités, etc.
This word in other languages
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.