dextre
\dɛkstʁ\
The verdict
“dextre” is an uncommon French word, ranked #56,547 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,547
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est du côté droit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dextre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɛkstʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dextre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dextre is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛkstʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #56,547 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dextre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dextre, spelled D-E-X-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est du côté droit.
- 2Se dit du côté droit de l’écu selon le point de vue du porteur de l'écu qui est derrière cet écu. Ce qui signifie, pour l’observateur en vis-à-vis, que la latéralité est inversée : c’est-à-dire que la dextre de l'écu est à la gauche de l’observateur. Comme pour bâbord et tribord, dextre et senestre ne changent pas suivant le point de vue, car c'est toujours un seul point de vue (celui du porteur ou celui de l'avancée du navire) qui sert de référence.
- 3Qui se déplace vers la droite, en parlant du décrochement d’une faille.
- 4Se dit d’un poisson plat dont les deux yeux sont sur le côté droit et dont la nage se fait le corps tourné sur la gauche.
- 5Qui s’enroule de gauche à droite, dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre, si bien que pour un gastéropode, si l'ouverture est tournée vers le bas, elle s'ouvre sur la droite.
- 6Adroit.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dextre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-X-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɛkstʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.