hier au soir
\jɛ.ʁ‿o swaʁ\
The verdict
“hier au soir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Pendant le soir de la veille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hier-au-soir · hier au soir · French
hier au soir · 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 "H" 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 | hier au soir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \jɛ.ʁ‿o swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hier au soir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hier au soir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \jɛ.ʁ‿o swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pendant le soir de la veille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hier au soir, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 hier au soir, spelled H-I-E-R- -A-U- -S-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Pendant le soir de la veille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hier au soir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Ces choses, reprit Fontrailles, dont M. de Montrésor a l’honneur de parler à Monsieur, sont précisément de celles que je prévoyais ici même hier au soir, quand j’eus l’honneur de l’entretenir.
L’aventure d’hier au soir n’a qu’une importance secondaire.
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.