là-haut
\la.o\
The verdict
“là-haut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’un lieu situé en hauteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-haut · là-haut · French
là-haut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | là-haut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \la.o\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « là-haut » en français
Rare enough to double-check
là-haut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \la.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for là-haut in our index, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 là-haut, spelled L-À---H-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1D’un lieu situé en hauteur.
- 2En un lieu situé en hauteur, au-dessus.
- 3Dans le séjour supposé de Dieu et des âmes des morts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how là-haut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il revient de là-haut.
Je monte là-haut.
This word in other languages
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.