en particulier
\ɑ̃ paʁ.ti.ky.lje\
The verdict
“en particulier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À part, séparément des autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-particulier · en particulier · French
en particulier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en particulier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ paʁ.ti.ky.lje\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en particulier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en particulier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ paʁ.ti.ky.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for en particulier, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is en particulier, spelled E-N- -P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1À part, séparément des autres.
- 2Particulièrement ; surtout ; notamment.
- 3Notation qui indique que le sens du mot diffère du sens général lorsqu'il s’applique spécialement à quelque chose, à un lexique précis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en particulier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je dois vous prévenir, dit-il enfin, que mon neveu Omer (M. le comte s’appelle Omer, je l’ignorais) désire vous rencontrer ce soir en particulier.
En général et en particulier.
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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.