de sorte que
\də sɔʁt kə\
The verdict
“de sorte 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) - Tellement que ; si bien que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe à l’indicatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-sorte-que · de sorte que · French
de sorte 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « de sorte que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de sorte que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \də sɔʁt kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de sorte que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’en continua pas moins sa route, […] de sorte que, quelques minutes après, il franchissait la porte du château.
Dans les provinces du sud, connues sous le nom de royaume de Maroc, on vend le blé à garare et à moud, […]. Il faut quarante mouds pour une garare. Le moud pèse 18 à 20 livres, de sorte que la garare doit peser près de 8 quintaux.
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.