tout à fait
\tu.t‿a fɛ\
The verdict
“tout à fait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entièrement ; absolument.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-a-fait · tout à fait · French
tout à fait · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | tout à fait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tu.t‿a fɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tout à fait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tout à fait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tu.t‿a fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entièrement ; absolument.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tout à fait, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 tout à fait, spelled T-O-U-T- -À- -F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Entièrement ; absolument.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tout à fait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au mois de janvier de cette année, me trouvant à Paris, […], je reçus de Maxime Du Camp l’invitation tout à fait inattendue d’assister à l’exécution de Troppmann.
Une seule vérité dans le fatras de complots tout à fait impossibles sous un régime policier perfectionné : que tout le vieux parti haïssait Staline, […].
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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.