dress code
\dʁɛs kɔd\
The verdict
“dress code” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Règle d’habillement définie pour un évènement, un endroit ou un groupe de personnes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dress code |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁɛs kɔd\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dress code” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dress code is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁɛs kɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Règle d’habillement définie pour un évènement, un endroit ou un groupe de personnes.".
dress code has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dress code, spelled D-R-E-S-S- -C-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Règle d’habillement définie pour un évènement, un endroit ou un groupe de personnes.
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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.
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Using “dress code”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-E-S-S- -C-O-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁɛs kɔd\ (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.