d’office
\d‿ɔ.fis\
The verdict
“d’office” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impérativement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-office · d’office · French
d’office · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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’office |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿ɔ.fis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’office » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’office is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿ɔ.fis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for d’office in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is d’office, spelled D-’-O-F-F-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Impérativement.
- 2Personnellement, de son propre chef.
- 3Sans qu'il soit nécessaire de le demander, de le spécifier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’office appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le juge a informé d’office, Il a informé sans en être requis et par le seul devoir de sa charge.
Avocat, expert nommé d’office, avocat, expert nommé par le juge.
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.