pour ce que
\puʁ sə kə\
The verdict
“pour ce 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parce que, car.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-ce-que · pour ce que · French
pour ce que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour ce que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \puʁ sə kə\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “pour ce que” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
pour ce que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \puʁ sə kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parce que, car.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pour ce que, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pour ce que, spelled P-O-U-R- -C-E- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Parce que, car.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pour ce que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… à l'époque classique, car était blâmé et pour ce que était recommandé.
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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