rien de moins que
\ʁjɛ̃ də mwɛ̃s kə\
The verdict
“rien de moins que” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout à fait, absolument.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rien-de-moins-que · rien de moins que · French
rien de moins que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rien de moins que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \ʁjɛ̃ də mwɛ̃s kə\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rien de moins que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rien de moins que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \ʁjɛ̃ də mwɛ̃s kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tout à fait, absolument.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rien de moins que, 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 carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rien de moins que, spelled R-I-E-N- -D-E- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tout à fait, absolument.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rien de moins que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et maintenant, tu ne parles de rien de moins que de mourir avant moi. Va, va, essaye seulement !
Ce fut un éblouissement ! il ne s'agissait de rien de moins que du plus beau musée de Paris
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.