de quoi
\də kwa\
The verdict
“de quoi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. 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) - (Suivi d'un verbe à l'infinitif) Ce qui est nécessaire pour, ce qu’il faut pour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-quoi · de quoi · French
de quoi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 quoi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \də kwa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de quoi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de quoi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \də kwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for de quoi in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is de quoi, spelled D-E- -Q-U-O-I.
Definition
- 1(Suivi d'un verbe à l'infinitif) Ce qui est nécessaire pour, ce qu’il faut pour.
- 2(Comme complément direct) Quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de quoi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai de quoi vous répondre.
Ne te gêne pas, réponds [au téléphone]. Je t'en prie, j'ai de quoi m'occuper.
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.