compte tenu de
\kɔ̃t tə.ny də\
The verdict
“compte tenu de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Permet de préciser un lien de cause à effet ou un élément de contexte ; en considérant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-compte-tenu-de · compte tenu de · French
compte tenu de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | compte tenu de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \kɔ̃t tə.ny də\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « compte tenu de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
compte tenu de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \kɔ̃t tə.ny də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Permet de préciser un lien de cause à effet ou un élément de contexte ; en considérant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for compte tenu de in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 compte tenu de, spelled C-O-M-P-T-E- -T-E-N-U- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Permet de préciser un lien de cause à effet ou un élément de contexte ; en considérant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compte tenu de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Compte tenu de la pluie qui était tombée, Misty avait sûrement laissé des dizaines de traces qui nous permettraient de remonter jusqu’à elle si on se grouillait un peu.
Compte tenu des divers avatars rencontrés ces dernières années (rouille du mélèze, puceron lanigère, tempêtes…), il n’est plus possible de s’intéresser à la seule productivité […]
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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.