dernier de cordée
\dɛʁ.nje də kɔʁ.de\
The verdict
“dernier de cordée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui fait partie des plus basses classes sociales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dernier-de-cordee · dernier de cordée · French
dernier de cordée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | dernier de cordée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛʁ.nje də kɔʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dernier de cordée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛʁ.nje də kɔʁ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui fait partie des plus basses classes sociales.".
dernier de cordée has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dernier de cordée, spelled D-E-R-N-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-O-R-D-É-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui fait partie des plus basses classes sociales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dernier de cordée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Est-ce que se prolongera et s’intensifiera le réveil de solidarité provoqué pendant le confinement, non seulement pour les médecins et infirmières, mais aussi pour les derniers de cordée, éboueurs, manutentionnaires, livreurs, caissières, sans qui nous n’aurions pu survivre alors que nous avons pu nous passer de Medef et de CAC 40 ?
Antonyms
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.