although
\ɔːl.ˈðəʊ\
The verdict
“although” is uncommon French (frequency #87,313 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,313
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Encore que, bien que, quoique, tandis que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-although · although · French
although · rank #87,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,313
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Alphée
Nearest frequency peer: Alphée (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « although »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alin
alin
12,692 corpus weight
- allergologue
allergologue
12,691 corpus weight
- almamy
almamy
12,690 corpus weight
- Alphée
Alphée
12,689 corpus weight
- although
although
12,688 corpus weight
- ambitionnent
ambitionnent
12,687 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « although » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | although |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \ɔːl.ˈðəʊ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « although » en français
Rare enough to double-check
although is uncommon French at frequency #87,313 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \ɔːl.ˈðəʊ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Encore que, bien que, quoique, tandis que.".
Zero misspellings are on record for although in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is although, spelled A-L-T-H-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Encore que, bien que, quoique, tandis que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how although appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although it was very muddy, the football game went on.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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