de sorte que
\də sɔʁt kə\
The verdict
“de sorte que” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a conjunction - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tellement que ; si bien que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe à l’indicatif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de sorte que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \də sɔʁt kə\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de sorte que” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for de sorte que is 12 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də sɔʁt kə\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
de sorte que has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is de sorte que, spelled D-E- -S-O-R-T-E- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tellement que ; si bien que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe à l’indicatif.
- 2De manière que, pour que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe au subjonctif.
This word in other languages
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 “de sorte que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E- -S-O-R-T-E- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \də sɔʁt kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.