mais que
\mɛ kə\
The verdict
“mais 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ou (Suivi du subjonctif) Lorsque, quand, aussitôt que, dès que.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mais que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \mɛ kə\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mais que” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mais que is 8 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ 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: "ou (Suivi du subjonctif) Lorsque, quand, aussitôt que, dès que.".
mais que doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 mais que, spelled M-A-I-S- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1ou (Suivi du subjonctif) Lorsque, quand, aussitôt que, dès que.
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 “mais que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-I-S- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛ 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.