de droit

adv

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The verdict

“de droit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conformément au droit ou à la loi.

Key facts for de droit
PropertyValue
Headwordde droit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “de droit” sits in French frequency

de droit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for de droit is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    Conformément au droit ou à la loi.

Synonyms

légalementlégitimement

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de droit"?
"de droit" is spelled D-E- -D-R-O-I-T.
What does "de droit" mean?
As an adverb, "de droit" means: Conformément au droit ou à la loi.
What language does "de droit" come from?
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Using “de droit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-E- -D-R-O-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list