n’importe quand
\nɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kɑ̃\
The verdict
“n’importe quand” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - 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) - À n’importe quel moment, à tout moment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | n’importe quand |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \nɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “n’importe quand” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for n’importe quand is 15 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
n’importe quand has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 n’importe quand, spelled N-’-I-M-P-O-R-T-E- -Q-U-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1À n’importe quel moment, à tout moment.
- 2De toute façon.
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 “n’importe quand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-’-I-M-P-O-R-T-E- -Q-U-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kɑ̃\ (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.