qui plus est
\ki ply.z‿ɛ\
The verdict
“qui plus est” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De plus ; en plus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | qui plus est |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ki ply.z‿ɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “qui plus est” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for qui plus est is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ki ply.z‿ɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De plus ; en plus.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for qui plus est, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 qui plus est, spelled Q-U-I- -P-L-U-S- -E-S-T.
Definition
- 1De plus ; en plus.
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 “qui plus est”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-I- -P-L-U-S- -E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ki ply.z‿ɛ\ (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.