de là
\də la\
The verdict
“de là” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De ce lieu-là, de cet endroit, de cette situation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-la · de là · French
de là · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 là |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də la\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de là is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
de là doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is de là, spelled D-E- -L-À.
Definition
- 1De ce lieu-là, de cet endroit, de cette situation.
- 2De ce temps-là, de ce moment-là.
- 3De cette cause, de cet événement.
- 4Ce qui explique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de là appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le régiment fut d’abord rapatrié à Toulon, puis à Brest à l’autre bout du pays. De là, il devait partir pour l’Extrême-Orient. Le Vietnam.
De là au village il y a deux kilomètres.
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.