droit des gens

\dʁwa de ʒɑ̃\

/\dʁwa de ʒɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“droit des gens” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des droits minimums accordés aux membres des peuples étrangers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-droit-des-gens · droit des gens · French

droit des gens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for droit des gens
PropertyValue
Headworddroit des gens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁwa de ʒɑ̃\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « droit des gens » en français

droit des gensn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

droit des gens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁwa de ʒɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble des droits minimums accordés aux membres des peuples étrangers.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for droit des gens, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 droit des gens, spelled D-R-O-I-T- -D-E-S- -G-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des droits minimums accordés aux membres des peuples étrangers.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "droit des gens"?
"droit des gens" is spelled D-R-O-I-T- -D-E-S- -G-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁwa de ʒɑ̃\.
What does "droit des gens" mean?
As a noun, "droit des gens" means: Ensemble des droits minimums accordés aux membres des peuples étrangers.
How do you pronounce "droit des gens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "droit des gens" is \dʁwa de ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "droit des gens" come from?
"droit des gens" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list