filer à l’anglaise
\fi.le a l‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\
The verdict
“filer à l’anglaise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fuir discrètement ; filer en douce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-filer-a-l-anglaise · filer à l’anglaise · French
filer à l’anglaise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | filer à l’anglaise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fi.le a l‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “filer à l’anglaise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
filer à l’anglaise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fi.le a l‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fuir discrètement ; filer en douce.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for filer à l’anglaise, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is filer à l’anglaise, spelled F-I-L-E-R- -À- -L-’-A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Fuir discrètement ; filer en douce.
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