d’autant moins que

\do.tɑ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\

/\do.tɑ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\/ conj

The verdict

“d’autant moins que” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exprime une causalité et introduit une idée d’intensité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-d-autant-moins-que · d’autant moins que · French

d’autant moins que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for d’autant moins que
PropertyValue
Headwordd’autant moins que
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\do.tɑ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « d’autant moins que » en français

d’autant moins quesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

d’autant moins que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \do.tɑ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exprime une causalité et introduit une idée d’intensité.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for d’autant moins que, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is d’autant moins que, spelled D-’-A-U-T-A-N-T- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exprime une causalité et introduit une idée d’intensité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how d’autant moins que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est d’autant moins motivé qu’il sait qu’il lui est quasi impossible de rattraper le retard pris.
  2. Son absence à cette réunion est d’autant moins excusable qu’il en était lui-même le demandeur et l’organisateur.

Antonyms

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 "d’autant moins que"?
"d’autant moins que" is spelled D-’-A-U-T-A-N-T- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \do.tɑ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\.
What does "d’autant moins que" mean?
As a conjunction, "d’autant moins que" means: Exprime une causalité et introduit une idée d’intensité.
How do you pronounce "d’autant moins que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "d’autant moins que" is \do.tɑ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "d’autant moins que" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list