être aux anges
\ɛ.tʁ‿o.z‿ɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“être aux anges” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être dans un tel transport de joie que l’on en paraît extasié.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etre-aux-anges · être aux anges · French
être aux anges · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ê" 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 | être aux anges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ.tʁ‿o.z‿ɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « être aux anges » en français
Rare enough to double-check
être aux anges is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ.tʁ‿o.z‿ɑ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être dans un tel transport de joie que l’on en paraît extasié.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for être aux anges, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is être aux anges, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -A-U-X- -A-N-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Être dans un tel transport de joie que l’on en paraît extasié.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how être aux anges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La semaine dernière, je suis partie en week-end dans le sud de la France. Entre le soleil, la plage et la mer, j'étais aux anges.
Une dame est venue s’asseoir près de nous et la conversation s’est engagée. Madame Vingtras est toujours aux anges quand une femme bien mise lui fait l’honneur de causer avec elle.
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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.