propre en ordre
\pʁɔ.pʁ‿ɑ̃ ɔʁdʁ\
The verdict
“propre en ordre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A la fois propre et rangé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-propre-en-ordre · propre en ordre · French
propre en ordre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | propre en ordre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.pʁ‿ɑ̃ ɔʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “propre en ordre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
propre en ordre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɔ.pʁ‿ɑ̃ ɔʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A la fois propre et rangé.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for propre en ordre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 propre en ordre, spelled P-R-O-P-R-E- -E-N- -O-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1A la fois propre et rangé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how propre en ordre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cliché ? Peut-être. Cependant la tradition du propre en ordre existe bel et bien en Suisse où tout est tip-top, où il faut que ça brille, où la voirie est à pied d'oeuvre derrière les manifestants et où l’on invente même le balai inusable.
La Suisse et l’obsession du «propre en ordre»
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