lors de
The verdict
“lors 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) - Dans le temps de ; au moment de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lors-de · lors de · French
lors 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 "L" 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 | lors de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lors de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le temps de ; au moment de.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lors de, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lors de, spelled L-O-R-S- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Dans le temps de ; au moment de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lors de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ministre de l’Écologie Delphine Batho a annoncé, lors de sa visite à l’entreprise MPO, en Mayenne, le 7 janvier, une série de mesures destinées à aider la filière photovoltaïque.
Quarante-deux années plus tard, lors du sac de Jérusalem, il fut traîné à Rome, chargé de chaînes, malgré ses soixante-quinze ans, et jeté aux pieds meurtriers de l’empereur Claude.
This word in other languages
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