fort au gain
\fɔ.ʁ‿o ɡɛ̃\
The verdict
“fort au gain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Cupide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fort-au-gain · fort au gain · French
fort au gain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | fort au gain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɔ.ʁ‿o ɡɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fort au gain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fort au gain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɔ.ʁ‿o ɡɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cupide.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fort au gain in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fort au gain, spelled F-O-R-T- -A-U- -G-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Cupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fort au gain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Te dirai-je qu’il fut un temps où, par chez nous, on ne récompensait plus la rosière, mais la fillette la mieux engrossée de l’année ! Il fallut y renoncer devant les abus de tous ordres où nos gens qui sont forts au gain ne manquaient pas de se laisser entraîner.
Synonyms
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.