foire à tout

\fwa.ʁ‿a tu\

/\fwa.ʁ‿a tu\/ noun

The verdict

“foire à tout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vide-greniers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foire-a-tout · foire à tout · French

foire à tout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for foire à tout
PropertyValue
Headwordfoire à tout
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fwa.ʁ‿a tu\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « foire à tout » en français

foire à toutsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

foire à tout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fwa.ʁ‿a tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vide-greniers.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for foire à tout, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is foire à tout, spelled F-O-I-R-E- -À- -T-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vide-greniers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how foire à tout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La dénomination de nombreuses braderies et « foires à tout » joue la carte de la transparence : on sait qu'on trouvera, sortis des greniers, plus d'objets de peu de valeur et de nanars que de meubles de style et autres antiquités de prestige […].,
  2. Ma collection, je l'ai bâtie au fil des années, des semaines et plus particulièrement des week-ends. Enfin, surtout des dimanches matin. Chaque semaine, de mars à octobre, nos villages de France organisent une multitude de vide-greniers, bric-à-brac, brocantes et autres foires à tout.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foire à tout"?
"foire à tout" is spelled F-O-I-R-E- -À- -T-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fwa.ʁ‿a tu\.
What does "foire à tout" mean?
As a noun, "foire à tout" means: Vide-greniers.
How do you pronounce "foire à tout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foire à tout" is \fwa.ʁ‿a tu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foire à tout" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list