les deux doigts de la main
\lɛ dø dwa də la mɛ̃\
The verdict
“les deux doigts de la main” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit de deux personnes extrêmement unies.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | les deux doigts de la main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ dø dwa də la mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “les deux doigts de la main” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
les deux doigts de la main is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ dø dwa də la mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit de deux personnes extrêmement unies.".
No misspelling variants are generated for les deux doigts de la main in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 les deux doigts de la main, spelled L-E-S- -D-E-U-X- -D-O-I-G-T-S- -D-E- -L-A- -M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Se dit de deux personnes extrêmement unies.
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 “les deux doigts de la main”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-E-S- -D-E-U-X- -D-O-I-G-T-S- -D-E- -L-A- -M-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɛ dø dwa də la mɛ̃\ (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.