d’équerre
\d‿e.kɛʁ\
The verdict
“d’équerre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À angle droit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-equerre · d’équerre · French
d’équerre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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’équerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿e.kɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
d’équerre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿e.kɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for d’équerre in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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’équerre, spelled D-’-É-Q-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1À angle droit.
- 2D'aplomb.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’équerre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce mur n’est pas d’équerre.
Monter un mur d’équerre.
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.