de gré à gré
\də ɡʁe a ɡʁe\
The verdict
“de gré à gré” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l'amiable, en se mettant d’accord, en négociant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-gre-a-gre · de gré à gré · French
de gré à gré · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de gré à gré is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də ɡʁe a ɡʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de gré à gré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ont fait cela de gré à gré.
Or tout le droit autour de la liberté de contracter suppose une adhésion, soit que chaque clause était négociable (pour un contrat de gré à gré), soit qu'on pouvait ne pas adhérer au contrat et aller chercher un service similaire ailleurs (pour un contrat d'adhésion).
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.