de rien
\də ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“de rien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Formule de politesse employée en réponse à merci.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-rien · de rien · French
de rien · 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 rien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \də ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de rien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de rien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \də ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formule de politesse employée en réponse à merci.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de rien, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is de rien, spelled D-E- -R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Formule de politesse employée en réponse à merci.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de rien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Merci de votre aide. — De rien, monsieur, c’est normal.
— Je vous remercie du coup de main que vous m’avez donné. — De rien.
Synonyms
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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.