de jure
\de ju.re\
The verdict
“de jure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De droit, conformément à la loi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-jure · de jure · French
de jure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 jure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \de ju.re\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de jure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de jure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \de ju.re\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De droit, conformément à la loi.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de jure, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is de jure, spelled D-E- -J-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1De droit, conformément à la loi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de jure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tandis que Martin Luther King concentrait ses efforts pour faire tomber la discrimination de jure, une autre grande figure de la lutte pour les droits civiques, Malcolm X, centrait son combat sur la discrimination de facto des noirs aux États-Unis, car l’abolition de lois racistes n’empêchait pas toujours la ségrégation dans les faits.
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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.