de droit
The verdict
“de droit” 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) - Conformément au droit ou à la loi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-droit · de droit · French
de droit · 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 | de droit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de droit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de droit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conformément au droit ou à la loi.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for de droit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is de droit, spelled D-E- -D-R-O-I-T.
Definition
- 1Conformément au droit ou à la loi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de droit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ce document, il n'est même pas fait mention de bois mort et de mort-bois, tellement ces épaves appartenaient de droit aux pauvres gens, comme espèce de part à Dieu.
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.