hors d’usage
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ d‿y.zaʒ\
The verdict
“hors d’usage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l'on n'utilise plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hors-d-usage · hors d’usage · French
hors d’usage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hors d’usage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ d‿y.zaʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hors d’usage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ d‿y.zaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hors d’usage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 hors d’usage, spelled H-O-R-S- -D-’-U-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Que l'on n'utilise plus.
- 2Qui ne fonctionne plus, que l'on ne peut plus utiliser en l’état.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hors d’usage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le boîtier ouvert lui avait livré l’état désespérant d'un mécanisme hors d'usage : rouages encrassés, ressort cassé, cette montre était morte, non de maladie mais de vieillesse.
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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.