hors de question
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɛs.tjɔ̃\
The verdict
“hors de question” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Marque de refus catégorique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hors de question |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɛs.tjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hors de question” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hors de question is 16 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɛs.tjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Marque de refus catégorique.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hors de question, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hors de question, spelled H-O-R-S- -D-E- -Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Marque de refus catégorique.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “hors de question”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R-S- -D-E- -Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɛs.tjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.