dans le pire des cas
\dɑ̃ lə piʁ de ka\
The verdict
“dans le pire des cas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans des conditions défavorables, au pire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dans le pire des cas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɑ̃ lə piʁ de ka\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dans le pire des cas” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dans le pire des cas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɑ̃ lə piʁ de ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans des conditions défavorables, au pire.".
dans le pire des cas has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 dans le pire des cas, spelled D-A-N-S- -L-E- -P-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-S.
Definition
- 1Dans des conditions défavorables, au pire.
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.
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Using “dans le pire des cas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-N-S- -L-E- -P-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɑ̃ lə piʁ de ka\ (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.