de long en large
\də lɔ̃ ɑ̃ laʁʒ\
The verdict
“de long en large” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En longueur et en largeur, alternativement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-long-en-large · de long en large · French
de long en large · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de long en large is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də lɔ̃ ɑ̃ laʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de long en large appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] , le général sortit de la tente […], il se mit à se promener de long en large d’un air préoccupé.
Pataud, toujours un tantinet grotesque, il avait repris sa marche de long en large […].
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.