en direction de
\ɑ̃ di.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃ də\
The verdict
“en direction de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vers (l'objet en question).
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-direction-de · en direction de · French
en direction de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en direction de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ di.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃ də\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en direction de” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
en direction de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \ɑ̃ di.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vers (l'objet en question).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for en direction de, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is en direction de, spelled E-N- -D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Vers (l'objet en question).
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