d’après

\d‿a.pʁɛ\

/\d‿a.pʁɛ\/ prep

The verdict

“d’après” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. 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) - Selon ; conformément à.

Corpus desk

Index FR-d-apres · d’après · French

d’après · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for d’après
PropertyValue
Headwordd’après
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\d‿a.pʁɛ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « d’après » en français

d’aprèssiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

d’après is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \d‿a.pʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for d’après, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is d’après, spelled D-’-A-P-R-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Selon ; conformément à.
  2. 2
    En conséquence de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how d’après appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’après mes propres conjectures sur le texte de l’anonyme, auteur du Bellum Hispaniense, et quelques renseignements recueillis dans l’excellente bibliothèque du duc d’Ossuna, je pensais qu’il fallait chercher aux environs de Montilla le lieu mémorable où, pour la dernière fois, César joua quitte ou double contre les champions de la république.
  2. La religiosité, soit au lieu de la réalité l'apparence, remplace donc la religion au Morvan, du moins d’après quelques écrivains. Apportent-ils la preuve de cette assertion, […]?

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "d’après"?
"d’après" is spelled D-’-A-P-R-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \d‿a.pʁɛ\.
What does "d’après" mean?
As a preposition, "d’après" means: Selon ; conformément à.
How do you pronounce "d’après"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "d’après" is \d‿a.pʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "d’après" come from?
"d’après" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list