du dernier cri
\dy dɛʁ.nje kʁi\
The verdict
“du dernier cri” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie quelque chose de nouveau ou d'ultramoderne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | du dernier cri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dy dɛʁ.nje kʁi\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “du dernier cri” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
du dernier cri is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dy dɛʁ.nje kʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie quelque chose de nouveau ou d'ultramoderne.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for du dernier cri, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is du dernier cri, spelled D-U- -D-E-R-N-I-E-R- -C-R-I.
Definition
- 1Qualifie quelque chose de nouveau ou d'ultramoderne.
Synonyms
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 “du dernier cri”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-U- -D-E-R-N-I-E-R- -C-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dy dɛʁ.nje kʁi\ (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.