de mode
\də mɔd\
The verdict
“de mode” 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) - Selon les goûts ou les mœurs du moment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-mode · de mode · French
de mode · 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 mode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də mɔd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de mode » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de mode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də mɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selon les goûts ou les mœurs du moment.".
de mode doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is de mode, spelled D-E- -M-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Selon les goûts ou les mœurs du moment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de mode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’ailleurs Marsillat était flatté, au fond de l’âme, d’être accueilli avec distinction et choyé particulièrement par les dames de la maison plus que tout autre indigène de sa classe. Tout bourgeois ambitieux a cette faiblesse, bien qu’il soit peu de provinces où la noblesse soit plus effacée que dans la nôtre, et bien qu’il fût de mode, à cette époque, de…
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.