envers et contre tous
\ɑ̃.vɛ.ʁ‿e kɔ̃.tʁə tus\
The verdict
“envers et contre tous” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l’encontre de tous.
Corpus desk
Index FR-envers-et-contre-tous · envers et contre tous · French
envers et contre tous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | envers et contre tous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vɛ.ʁ‿e kɔ̃.tʁə tus\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « envers et contre tous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
envers et contre tous is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vɛ.ʁ‿e kɔ̃.tʁə tus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À l’encontre de tous.".
envers et contre tous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is envers et contre tous, spelled E-N-V-E-R-S- -E-T- -C-O-N-T-R-E- -T-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1À l’encontre de tous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how envers et contre tous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les bourgeois d’une place eussent-ils voulu capituler, que la garnison se gardait contre eux et leur interdisait l’accès des tours et des courtines. C’est un système de défiance adopté envers et contre tous.
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.