d’abord et d’une
\d‿a.bɔ.ʁ‿e.d‿yn\
The verdict
“d’abord et d’une” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tout d’abord, avant tout ; pour commencer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | d’abord et d’une |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿a.bɔ.ʁ‿e.d‿yn\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “d’abord et d’une” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for d’abord et d’une is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \d‿a.bɔ.ʁ‿e.d‿yn\. 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: "Tout d’abord, avant tout ; pour commencer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for d’abord et d’une in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is d’abord et d’une, spelled D-’-A-B-O-R-D- -E-T- -D-’-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tout d’abord, avant tout ; pour commencer.
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 d’une”
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- -D-’-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.