en quelque sorte
\ɑ̃ kɛl.kə sɔʁt\
The verdict
“en quelque sorte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Presque ; pour ainsi dire ; pratiquement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-quelque-sorte · en quelque sorte · French
en quelque sorte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 quelque sorte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ kɛl.kə sɔʁt\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en quelque sorte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ kɛl.kə sɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Presque ; pour ainsi dire ; pratiquement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for en quelque sorte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is en quelque sorte, spelled E-N- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E- -S-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Presque ; pour ainsi dire ; pratiquement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en quelque sorte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le territoire de Mostaganem et de Mazagran comprend trois villes distinctes : Mostaganem, Matamore et Mazagran. De ces trois villes, Mostaganem est la plus importante ; Matamore en est en quelque sorte la citadelle.
[…], puis M. Goulden tira de l’armoire une bouteille de son vin de Metz, qu’il gardait pour les grandes circonstances, et nous soupâmes en quelque sorte comme deux camarades ; […].
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.