travailler à

\tʁa.va.je a\

/\tʁa.va.je a\/ verb

The verdict

“travailler à” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’occuper de, s’efforcer de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-travailler-a · travailler à · French

travailler à · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for travailler à
PropertyValue
Headwordtravailler à
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁa.va.je a\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « travailler à » en français

travailler àreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

travailler à is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁa.va.je a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’occuper de, s’efforcer de.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for travailler à, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is travailler à, spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L-L-E-R- -À.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’occuper de, s’efforcer de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how travailler à appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Travailler à son salut, à sa fortune.
  2. Travailler au bonheur des hommes.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "travailler à"?
"travailler à" is spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L-L-E-R- -À. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.va.je a\.
What does "travailler à" mean?
As a verb, "travailler à" means: S’occuper de, s’efforcer de.
How do you pronounce "travailler à"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travailler à" is \tʁa.va.je a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travailler à" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list