en ce qui concerne
\ɑ̃ sə ki kɔ̃.sɛʁn\
The verdict
“en ce qui concerne” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a preposition - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pour ce qui est du sujet mentionné.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en ce qui concerne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ sə ki kɔ̃.sɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en ce qui concerne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for en ce qui concerne is 18 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃ sə ki kɔ̃.sɛʁn\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pour ce qui est du sujet mentionné.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for en ce qui concerne, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is en ce qui concerne, spelled E-N- -C-E- -Q-U-I- -C-O-N-C-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Pour ce qui est du sujet mentionné.
Synonyms
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 “en ce qui concerne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N- -C-E- -Q-U-I- -C-O-N-C-E-R-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃ sə ki kɔ̃.sɛʁn\ (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.