le diable aux trousses
\lə djɑ.bl‿o tʁus\
The verdict
“le diable aux trousses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En fournissant un effort maximal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-le-diable-aux-trousses · le diable aux trousses · French
le diable aux trousses · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | le diable aux trousses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \lə djɑ.bl‿o tʁus\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « le diable aux trousses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
le diable aux trousses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \lə djɑ.bl‿o tʁus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En fournissant un effort maximal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for le diable aux trousses 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is le diable aux trousses, spelled L-E- -D-I-A-B-L-E- -A-U-X- -T-R-O-U-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1En fournissant un effort maximal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how le diable aux trousses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les papiers se répandirent pêle-mêle dans toute la pièce et Niclas eut soudain envie d’ôter sa blouse, séance tenante. Il la lança par terre, attrapa sa veste et quitta le cabinet comme s’il avait le diable aux trousses.
Il courait le diable aux trousses.
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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.