d’heure en heure
\d‿œ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿œʁ\
The verdict
“d’heure en heure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Heure après heure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-heure-en-heure · d’heure en heure · French
d’heure en heure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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’heure en heure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿œ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿œʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’heure en heure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’heure en heure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿œ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿œʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for d’heure en heure, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is d’heure en heure, spelled D-’-H-E-U-R-E- -E-N- -H-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Heure après heure.
- 2Chaque heure davantage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’heure en heure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et ce fut par cette invariable réponse qu’il accueillit toutes les parlementaires juponnées que, patiente et persévérante, sa femme persistait à lui dépêcher d’heure en heure sous des prétextes, semblait-il, de plus en plus urgents.
[…], de l'argent, de quoi effacer jusqu'au souvenir de cette mistoufle tenace dans laquelle ils s'étaient d'heure en heure englués.
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.