mot à mot
\mo.t‿a mo\
The verdict
“mot à mot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans aucun changement ni dans les mots ni dans leur ordre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mot-a-mot · mot à mot · French
mot à mot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | mot à mot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \mo.t‿a mo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mot à mot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mot à mot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \mo.t‿a mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans aucun changement ni dans les mots ni dans leur ordre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mot à mot in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mot à mot, spelled M-O-T- -À- -M-O-T.
Definition
- 1Sans aucun changement ni dans les mots ni dans leur ordre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mot à mot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un outil de merveilleux service que la mémoire, et sans lequel le jugement fait bien à peine son office … Et quand j’ai un propos de conséquence à tenir, s’il est de longue haleine, je suis réduit à cette vile et misérable nécessité d’apprendre par cœur mot à mot ce que j’ai à dire; autrement, je n’aurai ni façon ni assurance, étant en crainte que m…
Apprendre quelque chose mot à mot.
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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.