albeit
\ɔːl.ˈbiː.ɪt\
The verdict
“albeit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quoique, bien que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-albeit · albeit · French
albeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | albeit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \ɔːl.ˈbiː.ɪt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
albeit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \ɔːl.ˈbiː.ɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quoique, bien que.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for albeit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is albeit, spelled A-L-B-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Quoique, bien que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how albeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He has a very good idea, albeit a strange one.
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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.