d’ailleurs
\d‿a.jœʁ\
The verdict
“d’ailleurs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une autre cause ; par un autre motif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-ailleurs · d’ailleurs · French
d’ailleurs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | d’ailleurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿a.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
d’ailleurs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿a.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for d’ailleurs in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is d’ailleurs, spelled D-’-A-I-L-L-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1D’une autre cause ; par un autre motif.
- 2De plus ; pour le reste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’ailleurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous lui attribuez mal à propos votre disgrâce, elle vient d’ailleurs.
S’il le querelle sur un si mince sujet, c’est qu’il lui en veut d’ailleurs.
Synonyms
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.