rien moins que
\ʁjɛ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\
The verdict
“rien moins que” 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) - Nullement, pas du tout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rien-moins-que · rien moins que · French
rien moins que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 moins que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʁjɛ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rien moins que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rien moins que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʁjɛ̃ mwɛ̃ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rien moins que, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rien moins que, spelled R-I-E-N- -M-O-I-N-S- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nullement, pas du tout.
- 2Tout à fait ; absolument (contre-sens, cf. Notes).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rien moins que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Il est rien moins qu’un sot » signifie, « il n’est pas du tout un imbécile ».
Il y eut un dîner chez les Serpierre, fort simple, car ils n’étaient rien moins que riches.
Antonyms
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.