de cœur
\də kœʁ\
The verdict
“de cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qualifie ceux que l’on aime le plus tendrement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-c-ur · de cœur · French
de cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | de cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de cœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for de cœur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is de cœur, spelled D-E- -C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qualifie ceux que l’on aime le plus tendrement.
- 2Qualifie une personne avec qui on a des liens affectueux et quasi-parentaux sans avoir de lien biologique avec elle.
- 3Préféré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Passer de l’état d’ami de cœur à amant de cœur.
Il n’a aucun doute. Michael Ketcham Hallyday, cousin et « frère de cœur » de Johnny Hallyday, a confié à RTL ce 12 mars son sentiment sur la polémique de l’héritage, qui déchire Laeticia, David, et Laura Smet.
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.