après que
\a.pʁɛ kə\
The verdict
“après que” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a conjunction - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Après le moment où ; lorsque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | après que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \a.pʁɛ kə\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “après que” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for après que is 9 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pʁɛ kə\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Après le moment où ; lorsque.".
Zero misspellings are on record for après que in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is après que, spelled A-P-R-È-S- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Après le moment où ; lorsque.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “après que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-R-È-S- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pʁɛ kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.