loin de là
\lwɛ̃ də la\
The verdict
“loin de là” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Au contraire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | loin de là |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \lwɛ̃ də la\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “loin de là” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for loin de là is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lwɛ̃ də la\. 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.
No misspelling variants are generated for loin de là in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is loin de là, spelled L-O-I-N- -D-E- -L-À, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Au contraire.
- 2Dans un lieu éloigné, distant.
This word in other languages
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 “loin de là”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-O-I-N- -D-E- -L-À - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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