droit au but
\dʁwa.t‿o byt\
The verdict
“droit au but” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière directe, directement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | droit au but |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dʁwa.t‿o byt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “droit au but” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for droit au but is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʁwa.t‿o byt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De manière directe, directement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for droit au but, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is droit au but, spelled D-R-O-I-T- -A-U- -B-U-T.
Definition
- 1De manière directe, directement.
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 “droit au but”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-O-I-T- -A-U- -B-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁwa.t‿o byt\ (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.