s’envoyer en l’air
\s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\
The verdict
“s’envoyer en l’air” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir un rapport sexuel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-envoyer-en-l-air · s’envoyer en l’air · French
s’envoyer en l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’envoyer en l’air |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’envoyer en l’air » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’envoyer en l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃.vwa.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for s’envoyer en l’air in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 s’envoyer en l’air, spelled S-’-E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -E-N- -L-’-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir un rapport sexuel.
- 2Prendre l'avion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’envoyer en l’air appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bon, je ne suis pas de bois, il m’est arrivé à moi aussi de m’envoyer en l’air, mais ce sont des histoires qui m’ont plutôt laissé un mauvais arrière-goût.
La sociologie américaine nous vient d'un monde où les jeunes, avant même l'invention de la pilule, avaient le droit de s'envoyer en l’air sur les banquettes arrière des voitures. Ils ne le faisaient cependant qu'en vitesse et avec un appel immodéré à la fellation. Sans être tout à fait puceaux, ils arrivaient pour l'essentiel vierges au mariage.
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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.