tout droit
\tu dʁwa\
The verdict
“tout droit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En avant et sans dévier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-droit · tout droit · French
tout droit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tout droit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tu dʁwa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tout droit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tout droit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tu dʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tout droit has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tout droit, spelled T-O-U-T- -D-R-O-I-T.
Definition
- 1En avant et sans dévier.
- 2Directement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tout droit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Allez tout droit au bout de la rue et là-bas vous trouverez le magasin.
Kruger et le président Steyn, celui de l’État Libre, se sont rencontrés à ce qu’on dit, et on va tout droit vers une nouvelle guerre. C’est pour ça que je suis rentré.
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.