d’or
\d‿ɔʁ\
The verdict
“d’or” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vaut cher ; qui a une grande valeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-or · d’or · French
d’or · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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’or |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \d‿ɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’or » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’or is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \d‿ɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for d’or, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is d’or, spelled D-’-O-R.
Definition
- 1Qui vaut cher ; qui a une grande valeur.
- 2Jaune, comme la couleur du métal or, en parlant d’un élément des armoiries : écu, partition, pièce, meuble, etc.
- 3Jaune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’or appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’empêche, il est le document qui donnera aux maires une direction commune, mais aussi les mêmes éléments de langage pour résister aux pressions des promoteurs, ce qui, sur un territoire où le foncier est d’or, n’a rien d’anodin, expliquent les urbanistes de l’Atelier parisien d’urbanisme (APUR) et de l’Institut Paris Région, chevilles ouvrières de tou…
D’or aux trois roses de gueules, qui est de Grenoble → voir illustration « écu d’or »
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.