larguer les amarres
\laʁ.ɡe le.z‿a.maʁ\
The verdict
“larguer les amarres” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Détacher le bateau de son point d’attache afin de prendre le large.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | larguer les amarres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \laʁ.ɡe le.z‿a.maʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “larguer les amarres” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for larguer les amarres is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \laʁ.ɡe le.z‿a.maʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for larguer les amarres, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is larguer les amarres, spelled L-A-R-G-U-E-R- -L-E-S- -A-M-A-R-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Détacher le bateau de son point d’attache afin de prendre le large.
- 2Partir loin.
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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.
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Using “larguer les amarres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-R-G-U-E-R- -L-E-S- -A-M-A-R-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \laʁ.ɡe le.z‿a.maʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.