de haut en bas
\də o.t‿ɑ̃ bɑ\
The verdict
“de haut en bas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En partant du haut pour aller vers le bas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-haut-en-bas · de haut en bas · French
de haut en bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 haut en bas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də o.t‿ɑ̃ bɑ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de haut en bas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de haut en bas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də o.t‿ɑ̃ bɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En partant du haut pour aller vers le bas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for de haut en bas in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 haut en bas, spelled D-E- -H-A-U-T- -E-N- -B-A-S.
Definition
- 1En partant du haut pour aller vers le bas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de haut en bas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], et il appuyait son discours de gestes très marqués, scandant ses phrases d’énergiques mouvements de main, de haut en bas, comme on en fait pour appuyer une admonestation.
Allongé de haut en bas, aplati d’avant en arrière, son grand axe est oblique en bas et en avant.
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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.