de premier ordre
\də pʁə.mje.ʁ‿ɔʁdʁ\
The verdict
“de premier ordre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - De grande qualité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-premier-ordre · de premier ordre · French
de premier ordre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 premier ordre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də pʁə.mje.ʁ‿ɔʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de premier ordre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də pʁə.mje.ʁ‿ɔʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De grande qualité.".
Zero misspellings are on record for de premier ordre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is de premier ordre, spelled D-E- -P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -O-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1De grande qualité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de premier ordre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Je vous signale que le champagne est de premier ordre. Mon futur beau-père est un ami personnel du producteur.
Les becs sucrés le savent : viennoiseries, pâtisseries et autres douceurs de premier ordre abondent au sud de Pigalle.
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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.