de dos
\də do\
The verdict
“de dos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec le dos tourné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-dos · de dos · French
de dos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 dos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də do\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de dos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avec le dos tourné.".
de dos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is de dos, spelled D-E- -D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Avec le dos tourné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de dos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle le voyait de dos, les mains dans l’évier, en train de faire la vaisselle.
Synonyms
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.