il n’empêche que
\il n‿ɑ̃.pɛʃ kə\
The verdict
“il n’empêche que” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. 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) - Toujours est-il que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-il-n-empeche-que · il n’empêche que · French
il n’empêche que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | il n’empêche que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \il n‿ɑ̃.pɛʃ kə\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « il n’empêche que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
il n’empêche que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \il n‿ɑ̃.pɛʃ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toujours est-il que.".
No misspelling variants are generated for il n’empêche que in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 il n’empêche que, spelled I-L- -N-’-E-M-P-Ê-C-H-E- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Toujours est-il que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how il n’empêche que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mégalithisme n’est donc pas l’apanage du néolithique. Il n’empêche que la répartition mondiale du mégalithisme astronomique est axée autour des zones de climat favorable à l'agriculture […].
Il n’empêche que Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Hugo (sans parler des autres) sont de gigantesques barricades à eux seuls contre l’ignorance, la bêtise et la régression en cours.
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.