malgré que
\mal.ɡʁe kə\
The verdict
“malgré 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bien que, quoique (conjonction de subordination introduisant une concession).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malgré que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \mal.ɡʁe kə\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malgré que” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malgré que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \mal.ɡʁe kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bien que, quoique (conjonction de subordination introduisant une concession).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malgré que, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is malgré que, spelled M-A-L-G-R-É- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Bien que, quoique (conjonction de subordination introduisant une concession).
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 “malgré que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-L-G-R-É- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mal.ɡʁe kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.