à partir de

\a paʁ.tiʁ də\

/\a paʁ.tiʁ də\/ prep

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The verdict

“à partir 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
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - À dater de ; en commençant à.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-partir-de · à partir de · French

à partir de · 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.

Key facts for à partir de
PropertyValue
Headwordà partir de
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\a paʁ.tiʁ də\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “à partir de” sits in French frequency

à partir de falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

à partir de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a paʁ.tiʁ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À dater de ; en commençant à.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à partir de, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à partir de, spelled À- -P-A-R-T-I-R- -D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    À dater de ; en commençant à.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how à partir de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le Japon a adopté l’usage exclusif du numérotage et du titrage métriques à partir du 1ᵉʳ janvier 1905.
  2. L’état physique du malade était des plus piteux : […]. Le malade vint en septembre 1915, sur le conseil d’un de mes clients. À partir de ce moment, les progrès ont été très rapides et actuellement (1925), ce monsieur se porte parfaitement bien. C’est une vraie résurrection.

This word in other languages

starting(English)a partir de(Español)ab(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à partir de"?
"à partir de" is spelled À- -P-A-R-T-I-R- -D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a paʁ.tiʁ də\.
What does "à partir de" mean?
As a preposition, "à partir de" means: À dater de ; en commençant à.
How do you pronounce "à partir de"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à partir de" is \a paʁ.tiʁ də\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à partir de" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list