somme toute

\sɔm tut\

/\sɔm tut\/ adv

The verdict

“somme toute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfin, en résumé, pour conclusion, tout compte fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-somme-toute · somme toute · French

somme toute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for somme toute
PropertyValue
Headwordsomme toute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\sɔm tut\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « somme toute » en français

somme toutereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

somme toute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɔm tut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfin, en résumé, pour conclusion, tout compte fait.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for somme toute in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is somme toute, spelled S-O-M-M-E- -T-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfin, en résumé, pour conclusion, tout compte fait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how somme toute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais, somme toute, les dirigeables n’étaient pas mieux fournis, en fait de cuirassement et d’armement, que la plus petite canonnière.
  2. Le curé de Melotte […] n’était plus craint. Ses foudres de carton, ses tonnerres lointains, l’évocation des bûchers infernaux, la promesse des félicités paradisiaques dans un éden, somme toute, passablement morne et fort problématique, ne faisaient plus guère frémir que quelques vieilles dévotes et les gosses de neuf à onze ans […].

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "somme toute"?
"somme toute" is spelled S-O-M-M-E- -T-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔm tut\.
What does "somme toute" mean?
As an adverb, "somme toute" means: Enfin, en résumé, pour conclusion, tout compte fait.
How do you pronounce "somme toute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "somme toute" is \sɔm tut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "somme toute" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list