d’abord et avant tout
\d‿ab.ɔ.ʁ‿e a.vɑ̃ tu\
The verdict
“d’abord et avant tout” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’abord, en tout premier lieu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | d’abord et avant tout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿ab.ɔ.ʁ‿e a.vɑ̃ tu\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “d’abord et avant tout” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for d’abord et avant tout is 21 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \d‿ab.ɔ.ʁ‿e a.vɑ̃ tu\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "D’abord, en tout premier lieu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for d’abord et avant tout, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is d’abord et avant tout, spelled D-’-A-B-O-R-D- -E-T- -A-V-A-N-T- -T-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1D’abord, en tout premier lieu.
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.
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Using “d’abord et avant tout”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-’-A-B-O-R-D- -E-T- -A-V-A-N-T- -T-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \d‿ab.ɔ.ʁ‿e a.vɑ̃ tu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.