donneur d’ordre
\dɔ.nœʁ d‿ɔʁdʁ\
The verdict
“donneur d’ordre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui demande de réaliser une opération financière (ordre de bourse, virement bancaire, etc.).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donneur d’ordre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.nœʁ d‿ɔʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “donneur d’ordre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
donneur d’ordre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.nœʁ d‿ɔʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
donneur d’ordre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is donneur d’ordre, spelled D-O-N-N-E-U-R- -D-’-O-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui demande de réaliser une opération financière (ordre de bourse, virement bancaire, etc.).
- 2, Toute personne physique ou morale qui commande à des entreprises sous-traitantes l’exécution d’un travail suivant un cahier des charges.
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.
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Using “donneur d’ordre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-N-N-E-U-R- -D-’-O-R-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.nœʁ d‿ɔʁdʁ\ (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.