pour cet effet
\puʁ sɛ.t‿e.fɛ\
The verdict
“pour cet effet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour l’exécution de cela.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-cet-effet · pour cet effet · French
pour cet effet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 cet effet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ sɛ.t‿e.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour cet effet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour cet effet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ sɛ.t‿e.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pour cet effet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cet effet, spelled P-O-U-R- -C-E-T- -E-F-F-E-T.
Definition
- 1Pour l’exécution de cela.
- 2En vue de cela.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pour cet effet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ils firent pour cet effet remorguer par leurs galeres un grand vaisseau sur lequel il y avoit un château de bois, & des machines propres à lancer de fort grosses pierres ; […]
Elle saisit le feuillage d’une façon très-singulière, faisant sortir pour cet effet une langue longue, rugueuse, très-étroite et noire, en l’entortillant autour de l’objet qu’elle convoîte.
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.