de gré à gré
\də ɡʁe a ɡʁe\
The verdict
“de gré à gré” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À l'amiable, en se mettant d’accord, en négociant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de gré à gré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də ɡʁe a ɡʁe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de gré à gré” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for de gré à gré is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də ɡʁe a ɡʁe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de gré à gré, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is de gré à gré, spelled D-E- -G-R-É- -À- -G-R-É.
Definition
- 1À l'amiable, en se mettant d’accord, en négociant.
- 2Sans passer par une bourse ou un appel d’offres.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “de gré à gré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E- -G-R-É- -À- -G-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \də ɡʁe a ɡʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.