les quatre fers en l’air
\le katʁ fɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\
The verdict
“les quatre fers 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
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Les jambes en l’air, en parlant de choir ou de gésir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-les-quatre-fers-en-l-air · les quatre fers en l’air · French
les quatre fers en l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 quatre fers en l’air |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \le katʁ fɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « les quatre fers en l’air » en français
Rare enough to double-check
les quatre fers en l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \le katʁ fɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Les jambes en l’air, en parlant de choir ou de gésir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for les quatre fers en l’air, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is les quatre fers en l’air, spelled L-E-S- -Q-U-A-T-R-E- -F-E-R-S- -E-N- -L-’-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Les jambes en l’air, en parlant de choir ou de gésir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how les quatre fers en l’air appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je t’ai tirée de la piolle où tu gisais, les quatre fers en l’air.
En débouchant sur le passage il jeta un regard du côté de la fenêtre, mais il fut immédiatement renversé les quatre fers en l’air par le Prince, qui courait de son appartement au magasin central.
Synonyms
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.