d’autant que
\d‿o.tɑ̃ kə\
The verdict
“d’autant 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relève l’importance d’un motif de penser ou d’agir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-autant-que · d’autant que · French
d’autant que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | d’autant que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \d‿o.tɑ̃ kə\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’autant que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’autant que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \d‿o.tɑ̃ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relève l’importance d’un motif de penser ou d’agir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for d’autant que in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is d’autant que, spelled D-’-A-U-T-A-N-T- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relève l’importance d’un motif de penser ou d’agir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’autant que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Installé à la place de Bruno Cheyrou, le nouveau venu devrait avoir un pouvoir décisionnaire fort à partir du 1ᵉʳ juillet, d’autant que John Textor n’a pas nommé de directeur sportif au-dessus de lui.
Parfois voulues, parfois subies, les migrations introduisent un mode d’organisation réticulaire dans le pavage territorial, d’autant qu’on constate que leur fonctionnement est de plus en plus de type diasporique.
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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.