hors des sentiers battus
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ dɛ sɑ̃.tje ba.ty\
The verdict
“hors des sentiers battus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De manière originale, en prenant des risques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hors-des-sentiers-battus · hors des sentiers battus · French
hors des sentiers battus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 des sentiers battus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ dɛ sɑ̃.tje ba.ty\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hors des sentiers battus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hors des sentiers battus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ dɛ sɑ̃.tje ba.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De manière originale, en prenant des risques.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hors des sentiers battus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 des sentiers battus, spelled H-O-R-S- -D-E-S- -S-E-N-T-I-E-R-S- -B-A-T-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1De manière originale, en prenant des risques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hors des sentiers battus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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