autant que faire se peut
\o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\
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).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autant que faire se peut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o.tɑ̃ kə fɛʁ sə pø\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autant que faire se peut” sits in French frequency
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
- 1En faisant tout ce qui est possible (pour atteindre un objectif ou s’en approcher).
- 2À l’envi.
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 “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.