il n’en reste pas moins que

\il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ kə\

/\il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ kə\/ conj

The verdict

“il n’en reste pas moins 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
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — L'on doit malgré tout considérer que ; l'on ne peut négliger que.

Key facts for il n’en reste pas moins que
PropertyValue
Headwordil n’en reste pas moins que
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ kə\
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “il n’en reste pas moins que” sits in French frequency

il n’en reste pas moins que falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for il n’en reste pas moins que is 27 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ 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: "L'on doit malgré tout considérer que ; l'on ne peut négliger que.".

No misspelling variants are generated for il n’en reste pas moins que in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is il n’en reste pas moins que, spelled I-L- -N-’-E-N- -R-E-S-T-E- -P-A-S- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    L'on doit malgré tout considérer que ; l'on ne peut négliger que.

Synonyms

il reste quetoujours est-il queil n’en est pas moins vrai queil n'empêche quequoi qu’il en soitquoi qu’il advienne

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "il n’en reste pas moins que"?
"il n’en reste pas moins que" is spelled I-L- -N-’-E-N- -R-E-S-T-E- -P-A-S- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ kə\.
What does "il n’en reste pas moins que" mean?
As a conjunction, "il n’en reste pas moins que" means: L'on doit malgré tout considérer que ; l'on ne peut négliger que.
How do you pronounce "il n’en reste pas moins que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "il n’en reste pas moins que" is \il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "il n’en reste pas moins que" come from?
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Using “il n’en reste pas moins que”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-L- -N-’-E-N- -R-E-S-T-E- -P-A-S- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \il n‿ɑ̃ ʁɛst pa mwɛ̃ kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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