autant que faire se peut

\o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\

/\o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\/ adv

The verdict

“autant que faire se peut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En faisant tout ce qui est possible (pour atteindre un objectif ou s’en approcher).

Key facts for autant que faire se peut
PropertyValue
Headwordautant que faire se peut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “autant que faire se peut” sits in French frequency

autant que faire se peut falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autant que faire se peut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for autant que faire se peut in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is autant que faire se peut, spelled A-U-T-A-N-T- -Q-U-E- -F-A-I-R-E- -S-E- -P-E-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En faisant tout ce qui est possible (pour atteindre un objectif ou s’en approcher).
  2. 2
    À l’envi.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autant que faire se peut"?
"autant que faire se peut" is spelled A-U-T-A-N-T- -Q-U-E- -F-A-I-R-E- -S-E- -P-E-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\.
What does "autant que faire se peut" mean?
As an adverb, "autant que faire se peut" means: En faisant tout ce qui est possible (pour atteindre un objectif ou s’en approcher).
How do you pronounce "autant que faire se peut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autant que faire se peut" is \o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autant que faire se peut" come from?
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Using “autant que faire se peut”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-U-T-A-N-T- -Q-U-E- -F-A-I-R-E- -S-E- -P-E-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list