toujours est-il que
\tu.ʒuʁ.z‿ɛ.t‿il kə\
The verdict
“toujours est-il que” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En tout cas ; quoi qu’il en soit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toujours est-il que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tu.ʒuʁ.z‿ɛ.t‿il kə\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “toujours est-il que” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for toujours est-il que is 19 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu.ʒuʁ.z‿ɛ.t‿il kə\. 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: "En tout cas ; quoi qu’il en soit.".
toujours est-il que has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is toujours est-il que, spelled T-O-U-J-O-U-R-S- -E-S-T---I-L- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1En tout cas ; quoi qu’il en soit.
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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 “toujours est-il que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-J-O-U-R-S- -E-S-T---I-L- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tu.ʒuʁ.z‿ɛ.t‿il kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.