étant donné que
\e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\
The verdict
“étant donné que” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a conjunction - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Puisque ; attendu que.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étant donné que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “étant donné que” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for étant donné que is 15 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\. 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: "Puisque ; attendu que.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for étant donné que, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is étant donné que, spelled É-T-A-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Puisque ; attendu que.
Synonyms
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 que”
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- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\ (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.