de sorte que

\də sɔʁt kə\

/\də sɔʁt kə\/ conj

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.

Key facts for de sorte que
PropertyValue
Headwordde sorte que
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\də sɔʁt kə\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « de sorte que » en français

de sorte quereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

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

  1. 1
    Tellement que ; si bien que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe à l’indicatif.
  2. 2
    De manière que, pour que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe au subjonctif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’en continua pas moins sa route, […] de sorte que, quelques minutes après, il franchissait la porte du château.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de sorte que"?
"de sorte que" is spelled D-E- -S-O-R-T-E- -Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də sɔʁt kə\.
What does "de sorte que" mean?
As a conjunction, "de sorte que" means: Tellement que ; si bien que. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi d’un verbe à l’indicatif.
How do you pronounce "de sorte que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "de sorte que" is \də sɔʁt kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "de sorte que" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list