pour le moins
\puʁ lə mwɛ̃\
The verdict
“pour le moins” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au minimum.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour le moins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ lə mwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pour le moins” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pour le moins is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ lə mwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au minimum.".
pour le moins doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 le moins, spelled P-O-U-R- -L-E- -M-O-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Au minimum.
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 “pour le moins”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -L-E- -M-O-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \puʁ lə mwɛ̃\ (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.