pour ce que

\puʁ sə kə\

/\puʁ sə kə\/ conj

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.

Key facts for pour ce que
PropertyValue
Headwordpour ce que
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\puʁ sə kə\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “pour ce que” se place dans la fréquence du français

pour ce quesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Parce que, car.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pour ce que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. … à l'époque classique, car était blâmé et pour ce que était recommandé.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour ce que"?
"pour ce que" is spelled P-O-U-R- -C-E- -Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \puʁ sə kə\.
What does "pour ce que" mean?
As a conjunction, "pour ce que" means: Parce que, car.
How do you pronounce "pour ce que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pour ce que" is \puʁ sə kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pour ce que" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list