de tous côtés
\də tu kɔ.te\
The verdict
“de tous côtés” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans toutes les directions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-tous-cotes · de tous côtés · French
de tous côtés · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 tous côtés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də tu kɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de tous côtés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de tous côtés is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də tu kɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for de tous côtés in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is de tous côtés, spelled D-E- -T-O-U-S- -C-Ô-T-É-S.
Definition
- 1Dans toutes les directions.
- 2De toutes parts.
- 3Tout autour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de tous côtés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa tête ressemblait à une tête de loup : ses cheveux, coupés en brosse, se dressaient de tous côtés ; partout des mèches tombantes, des bouts de nattes.
Donc la lumière, qui est la première forme créée dans la matière première, s’auto-multiplie de tous côtés une infinité de fois, et s'étend uniformément en toutes directions.
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.