envoyer au diable
\ɑ̃.vwa.je o djɑbl\
The verdict
“envoyer au diable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Envoyer promener.
Corpus desk
Index FR-envoyer-au-diable · envoyer au diable · French
envoyer au diable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 diable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vwa.je o djɑbl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « envoyer au diable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
envoyer au diable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vwa.je o djɑbl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Envoyer promener.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for envoyer au diable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is envoyer au diable, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -A-U- -D-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Envoyer promener.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how envoyer au diable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais j’irai me promener sur la plage, et s’ils veulent me prendre en photo, ainsi soit-il ! Qu’ils aillent au diable ! Voilà ce que tu devrais faire, Meredith, les envoyer au diable.
... et voilà que Calpurnia se mettait à envoyer son Jem chéri aux mille diables…
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.