un à un
\œ̃.n‿a œ̃\
The verdict
“un à un” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’un après l’autre et un seul à la fois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-un-a-un · un à un · French
un à un · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | un à un |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \œ̃.n‿a œ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « un à un » en français
Rare enough to double-check
un à un is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \œ̃.n‿a œ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L’un après l’autre et un seul à la fois.".
un à un doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is un à un, spelled U-N- -À- -U-N.
Definition
- 1L’un après l’autre et un seul à la fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how un à un appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin le moindre accessoire y était en harmonie avec l’affreuse vieille au nez crochu, à la face pâle et vêtue de haillons décents qui dit aux consultants de s’asseoir en leur apprenant qu’on n’entrait que un à un chez MADAME.
[…], puis, à travers une éclaircie, nous reconnaissons des montagnes qui se découvrent une à une ; […].
This word in other languages
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.