à cet effet
\a sɛ.t‿e.fɛ\
The verdict
“à cet effet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Pour l’exécution de cela.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-cet-effet · à cet effet · French
à cet effet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à cet effet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a sɛ.t‿e.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à cet effet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à cet effet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a sɛ.t‿e.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
à cet effet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 à cet effet, spelled À- -C-E-T- -E-F-F-E-T.
Definition
- 1Pour l’exécution de cela.
- 2En vue de cela.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à cet effet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se sert à cet effet d'un instrument en forme de fourche à dents verticales de 1m50 de long et 15 pouces d'écartement et que l'on appelle crampon.
La multitude mélangée stationnait sur de grands talus de gazon préparés à cet effet, ce qui, avec l’aide de l’élévation naturelle du terrain, la mettait à même de dominer les galeries et de jouir d’une belle vue sur la lice.
Synonyms
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.