les jambes en l’air
\le ʒɑ̃.b‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\
The verdict
“les jambes en l’air” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l’envers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-les-jambes-en-l-air · les jambes en l’air · French
les jambes en l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | les jambes en l’air |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \le ʒɑ̃.b‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « les jambes en l’air » en français
Rare enough to double-check
les jambes en l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \le ʒɑ̃.b‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À l’envers.".
les jambes en l’air has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is les jambes en l’air, spelled L-E-S- -J-A-M-B-E-S- -E-N- -L-’-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1À l’envers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how les jambes en l’air appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Tout ce que tu pourrais dire ou rien du tout, ce serait la même chose. Il faut que Yéri-Hans vienne, il faut que je le voie les jambes en l’air, comme il m’a vu. »
Synonyms
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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.