étant donné
\e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\
The verdict
“étant donné” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Compte tenu de, eu égard à.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étant donné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “étant donné” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for étant donné is 11 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\. 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: "Compte tenu de, eu égard à.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for étant donné, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is étant donné, spelled É-T-A-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É.
Definition
- 1Compte tenu de, eu égard à.
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 “étant donné”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-T-A-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\ (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.