hors de question
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɛs.tjɔ̃\
The verdict
“hors de question” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marque de refus catégorique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hors-de-question · hors de question · French
hors de question · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « hors de question » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hors de question is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ də kɛs.tjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hors de question appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Fous ou pas, on ne tombera pas dans leur piège, lance Ahmad. Ils pensent qu'en étant si violents, ils vont nous pousser à prendre les armes pour les affronter. C'est exclu. Hors de question.
– Non, non et non, c’est hors de question. Je sens que mon travail, ici, est utile, tout le monde m’apprécie, je convaincs par l’exemple. Je ne peux pas tout abandonner maintenant…
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.