exorde
\ɛɡ.zɔʁd\
The verdict
“exorde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrée en matière dans un discours de quelque étendue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exorde · exorde · French
exorde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | exorde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
exorde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.zɔʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for exorde in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exorde, spelled E-X-O-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Entrée en matière dans un discours de quelque étendue.
- 2Commencement d’une entreprise, d’une démonstration ou d’un raisonnement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exorde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un autre texte sous-introduit dans l’exorde donne en réalité le sujet et le partage du discours : Egredere de terra tuâ (Ire partie), de cognatione tuâ (IIe partie) et de domo tuâ (IIIe partie).
Il cherchait un exorde à son discours et il ne le trouvait point.
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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.