tenir à l’écart
\tə.ni.ʁ‿a le.kaʁ\
The verdict
“tenir à l’écart” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exclure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tenir-a-l-ecart · tenir à l’écart · French
tenir à l’écart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tenir à l’écart |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tə.ni.ʁ‿a le.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tenir à l’écart » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tenir à l’écart is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tə.ni.ʁ‿a le.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tenir à l’écart, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tenir à l’écart, spelled T-E-N-I-R- -À- -L-’-É-C-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Exclure.
- 2Se mettre en retrait ; ne pas participer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tenir à l’écart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourquoi me tient-on à l'écart de toutes les décisions ?
Interpellé de toutes parts, le gouverneur républicain du Texas, Greg Abbott, s’est tenu à l’écart et a laissé le soin au bureau des grâces de trancher.
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.