m’est avis
\m‿ɛ.t‿a.vi\
The verdict
“m’est avis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À mon avis, selon moi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-m-est-avis · m’est avis · French
m’est avis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | m’est avis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \m‿ɛ.t‿a.vi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « m’est avis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
m’est avis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \m‿ɛ.t‿a.vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for m’est avis in our index, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is m’est avis, spelled M-’-E-S-T- -A-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1À mon avis, selon moi.
- 2Je pense, j’ai l’impression (suivi de la conjonction que).
- 3Moi, il m’est d’avis que cette école a produit pas mal de générations de déglingués sexuels. — (Henri Lœvenbruck, Nous rêvions juste de liberté, Flammarion, 2015)
- 4J'étais avide de savoir ce qu'il s'était passé dans la réunion. M'est d'avis, que pas grand chose. — (Grenat, Discord, 03 Juillet 2025)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how m’est avis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Car peu de gens, m’est avis, sont au fait des actions que nous menons, ainsi la plupart ne se doutent guère du péril qui les guette, si nous devions finalement échouer.
M’est avis qu’il serait un brin temps de moyenner aussi de quoi améliorer les hommes...
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.