en tout état de cause
\ɑ̃ tu.t‿e.ta də koz\
The verdict
“en tout état de cause” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quoi qu’il en soit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en tout état de cause |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ tu.t‿e.ta də koz\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en tout état de cause” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for en tout état de cause is 21 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃ tu.t‿e.ta də koz\. 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: "Quoi qu’il en soit.".
en tout état de cause doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 tout état de cause, spelled E-N- -T-O-U-T- -É-T-A-T- -D-E- -C-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Quoi qu’il en soit.
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 tout état de cause”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N- -T-O-U-T- -É-T-A-T- -D-E- -C-A-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃ tu.t‿e.ta də koz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.