à raison de
\a ʁɛ.zɔ̃ də\
The verdict
“à raison 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 May 6, 2026) - À proportion de, sur le pied de.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à raison de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \a ʁɛ.zɔ̃ də\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à raison de” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à raison de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a ʁɛ.zɔ̃ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à raison de, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 à raison de, spelled À- -R-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E.
Definition
- 1À proportion de, sur le pied de.
- 2À cause de, du fait de.
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.
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Using “à raison de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -R-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a ʁɛ.zɔ̃ də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.