mot d’ordre
\mo d‿ɔʁdʁ\
The verdict
“mot d’ordre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de mot de passe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mot-d-ordre · mot d’ordre · French
mot d’ordre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mot d’ordre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo d‿ɔʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mot d’ordre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mot d’ordre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo d‿ɔʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mot d’ordre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 mot d’ordre, spelled M-O-T- -D-’-O-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de mot de passe.
- 2Consigne commune à un groupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mot d’ordre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après tout, ces messieurs ne peuvent me nuire, se disait-il, qu’autant que je parlerai ou agirai trop ; m’abstenir est le mot d’ordre ; agir le moins possible, le plan de campagne. »
Resté seul, le cardinal fit demander quelles étaient les sentinelles de garde de huit à dix heures du soir; on ne pouvait sortir de Suse ni y entrer sans le mot d'ordre, qui était, cette nuit-là, Suse et Savoie. Or le mot d'ordre n'était connu que des chefs […].
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.