en vertu de
\ɑ̃ vɛʁ.ty də\
The verdict
“en vertu 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En conséquence de, par l’effet de, à cause du droit de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-vertu-de · en vertu de · French
en vertu de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 vertu de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ vɛʁ.ty də\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en vertu de” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
en vertu de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \ɑ̃ vɛʁ.ty də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En conséquence de, par l’effet de, à cause du droit de.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for en vertu de, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is en vertu de, spelled E-N- -V-E-R-T-U- -D-E.
Definition
- 1En conséquence de, par l’effet de, à cause du droit de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en vertu de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En vertu du règlement intérieur, il est interdit de fumer.
Il faut entrer de force dans le domicile du citoyen: il faut arrêter administrativement l’homme qui ne peut être arrêté qu’en vertu d’une loi ; il faut violer la liberté de l’opinion et la liberté individuelle ; il faut en un mot mettre en péril la constitution même de l’État.
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