de fond en comble
\də fɔ̃.t‿ɑ̃ kɔ̃bl\
The verdict
“de fond en comble” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Depuis les fondations jusqu’au comble d’un bâtiment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-fond-en-comble · de fond en comble · French
de fond en comble · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 fond en comble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də fɔ̃.t‿ɑ̃ kɔ̃bl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de fond en comble is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də fɔ̃.t‿ɑ̃ kɔ̃bl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for de fond en comble in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is de fond en comble, spelled D-E- -F-O-N-D- -E-N- -C-O-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Depuis les fondations jusqu’au comble d’un bâtiment.
- 2Entièrement ; intégralement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de fond en comble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est vrai que, sans la fermeté de ce ministre, cette cession leur eût été funeste ; car la populace de Brousse, excitée par le kadi, démolit de fond en comble, non-seulement la nouvelle, mais encore trois anciennes églises.
Prenons Notre-Dame de Paris ; elle a été rafistolée et retapée de fond en comble ; ses sculptures sont rapiécées quand elles ne sont pas toutes modernes ; […].
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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.