eu égard à
\y e.ɡa.ʁ‿a\
The verdict
“eu égard à” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En considération de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eu-egard-a · eu égard à · French
eu égard à · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | eu égard à |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \y e.ɡa.ʁ‿a\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
eu égard à is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \y e.ɡa.ʁ‿a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En considération de.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for eu égard à in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is eu égard à, spelled E-U- -É-G-A-R-D- -À.
Definition
- 1En considération de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eu égard à appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eu égard à la technicité des travaux, le pouvoir adjudicateur ne pouvait se baser sur le seul critère du prix.
Eu égard à mon activité, la seule majusculisation de mes nom et prénom suffirait. DICK LAPELOUSE. Pas de chichi, pas de truc emberlificoté avec des termes en triphtongues pour définir la raison sociale.
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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.