afin que
\a.fɛ̃ kə\
The verdict
“afin 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Dans le but que, pour que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-afin-que · afin que · French
afin que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | afin que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \a.fɛ̃ kə\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afin que” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
afin que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \a.fɛ̃ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le but que, pour que.".
No misspelling variants are generated for afin que in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is afin que, spelled A-F-I-N- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dans le but que, pour que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how afin que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Afin que vous le sachiez, afin que vous ne l’ignoriez pas…
Ce livre est toujours sur le bureau, afin qu’on puisse le consulter.
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