alors que
\a.lɔʁ kə\
The verdict
“alors 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lorsque, au moment où.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alors-que · alors que · French
alors que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | alors que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \a.lɔʁ kə\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alors que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alors que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \a.lɔʁ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alors que, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alors que, spelled A-L-O-R-S- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Lorsque, au moment où.
- 2Dans un contexte où.
- 3Exprime une opposition entre deux réalités.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alors que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l'automne 2016, alors que ma retraite était imminente, j'ai donné une dernière fois les cours FR 331.
Le gouvernement fédéral a transporté des centaines de demandeurs d’asile en Ontario alors que les médias québécois ont souligné le manque de logements à Montréal pour les nouveaux arrivants.
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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.