ad hoc
\a.d‿ɔk\
The verdict
“ad hoc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a été institué spécialement pour répondre à un besoin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ad-hoc · ad hoc · French
ad hoc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | ad hoc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.d‿ɔk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ad hoc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.d‿ɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ad hoc has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ad hoc, spelled A-D- -H-O-C.
Definition
- 1Qui a été institué spécialement pour répondre à un besoin.
- 2Qui a été ajouté à une théorie pour éviter un problème spécifique et qui n’est pas justifié au point de vue plus général.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ad hoc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au commencement du printemps, le poisson quitte le Rhône pour les marais, afin d'y déposer son frai; on le pêche alors dans les roubines, […]; on le pêche aussi dans les fossés et les mares creusées ad hoc, appelées pesquiers, où il se retire à mesure que l'eau lui manque.
Lorsque le général Annenkof commença ses travaux à Mikhaïlov, il en fut réduit à distiller l’eau de la Caspienne, comme on fait à bord des navires au moyen d’appareils ad hoc.
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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.