envoyer promener
\ɑ̃.vwa.je pʁɔm.ne\
The verdict
“envoyer promener” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- 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-promener · envoyer promener · French
envoyer promener · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | envoyer promener |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vwa.je pʁɔm.ne\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
envoyer promener is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vwa.je pʁɔm.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Éconduire une personne, se débarrasser d’elle de façon brutale, cavalière.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for envoyer promener, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is envoyer promener, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -P-R-O-M-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Éconduire une personne, se débarrasser d’elle de façon brutale, cavalière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how envoyer promener appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne vous aime pas. Il est flatté, tout simplement. Il vous lâchera à la première occasion. Quand il vous aura assez compromise, il vous enverra promener. Et vous roulerez dans la galanterie.
– Rien ne nous permet d’en douter jusqu’ici… et pour demander une enquête, il me faudrait un commencement de preuve, sinon Cracovie nous enverra promener !
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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.