parce que
\paʁs kə\
The verdict
“parce 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sert à marquer la raison de ce qu’on a dit, le motif de ce qu’on a fait, la cause d’un événement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parce que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \paʁs kə\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parce que” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for parce que is 9 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁs kə\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for parce que in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parce que, spelled P-A-R-C-E- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Sert à marquer la raison de ce qu’on a dit, le motif de ce qu’on a fait, la cause d’un événement.
- 2Pourquoi ? — Note d’usage : C’est une invitation à faire une phrase débutant par parce que.
- 3Marque le refus ou l’impossibilité de réponse à un pourquoi.
- 4Introduit une déduction dans une conversation.
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 “parce que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-C-E- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁs kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.