de mort
\də mɔʁ\
The verdict
“de mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Inepte, sans intérêt, inutile ; de mauvaise qualité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-mort · de mort · French
de mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de mort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inepte, sans intérêt, inutile ; de mauvaise qualité.".
de mort doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 mort, spelled D-E- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Inepte, sans intérêt, inutile ; de mauvaise qualité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai déjà essayé pendant 40 jours un régime dit cétogène pour rien alors que le gars certifiait dans son bouquin de mort que le gluten et les glucides étaient en cause pour ma maladie.
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.