envoyer au bain
\ɑ̃.vwa.je o bɛ̃\
The verdict
“envoyer au bain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éconduire une personne, se débarrasser d’elle de façon brutale, cavalière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-envoyer-au-bain · envoyer au bain · French
envoyer au bain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | envoyer au bain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vwa.je o bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « envoyer au bain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
envoyer au bain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vwa.je o bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Éconduire une personne, se débarrasser d’elle de façon brutale, cavalière.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for envoyer au bain, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is envoyer au bain, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -A-U- -B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Éconduire une personne, se débarrasser d’elle de façon brutale, cavalière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how envoyer au bain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon grand gamin de Georges a manifesté tout à l’heure le désir de venir m’embrasser demain, et comme je n’ai pas de galette et que probablement il en apportera, je ne puis l’envoyer au bain.
Nos Boches qui ne quittent pas les environs de la cantine viennent encore mendier, mais cette fois je les envoie au bain.
Synonyms
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.