hors de

Name: hors de, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də\/ prep

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“hors 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: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l’extérieur de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hors-de · hors de · French

hors de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for hors de
Property	Value
Headword	hors de
Language	French
Part of speech	Preposition
IPA	^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də\
Letters	7
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hors de” sits in French frequency

hors de falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hors de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À l’extérieur de.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hors de in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hors de, spelled H-O-R-S- -D-E.

Definition

1
À l’extérieur de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hors de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

[…] : l’Atlantide. Que cette contrée ait existé, cela est hors de doute. Mais il paraît certain quelle avait déjà disparu, bien avant l’apparition de l’homme sur la terre, […].
Hors de la ville.

Antonyms

dans

This word in other languages

outside(English)fuera(Español)außerhalb(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hors de"?

"hors de" is spelled H-O-R-S- -D-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də\.

What does "hors de" mean?

As a preposition, "hors de" means: À l’extérieur de.

How do you pronounce "hors de"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hors de" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "hors de" come from?

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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.