à seule fin que
\a sœl fɛ̃ kə\
The verdict
“à seule fin que” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. 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) - Dans le seul but que ; pour que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-seule-fin-que · à seule fin que · French
à seule fin que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 seule fin que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \a sœl fɛ̃ kə\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à seule fin que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à seule fin que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \a sœl fɛ̃ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le seul but que ; pour que.".
à seule fin que doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 à seule fin que, spelled À- -S-E-U-L-E- -F-I-N- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dans le seul but que ; pour que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à seule fin que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
... que je cesserais de l’aimer en restant trop longtemps sans la voir, c’était à seule fin qu’elle me dît de revenir vite…
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.