de long en large
\də lɔ̃ ɑ̃ laʁʒ\
The verdict
“de long en large” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En longueur et en largeur, alternativement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de long en large |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də lɔ̃ ɑ̃ laʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de long en large” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for de long en large is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də lɔ̃ ɑ̃ laʁʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En longueur et en largeur, alternativement.".
de long en large doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is de long en large, spelled D-E- -L-O-N-G- -E-N- -L-A-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1En longueur et en largeur, alternativement.
Synonyms
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 long en large”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E- -L-O-N-G- -E-N- -L-A-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.