qui plus est
\ki ply.z‿ɛ\
The verdict
“qui plus est” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De plus ; en plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-qui-plus-est · qui plus est · French
qui plus est · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « qui plus est » en français
Rare enough to double-check
qui plus est is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ki ply.z‿ɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how qui plus est appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne doute pas que les espèces jordaniennes ne soient dérivées les unes des autres. Qui plus est, il suppose que de nouvelles espèces jordaniennes doivent encore apparaître à notre époque.
Il paraît, selon Goebbels, « que l’Allemagne défend un continent qui ne le mérite pas ! »… et qui ne lui a rien demandé, qui plus est !
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.