par excellence
[paːɐ̯ ɛksəˈlɑ̃ːs]
The verdict
“par excellence” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in perfekter Vollendung, schlechthin
Corpus desk
Index DE-par-excellence · par excellence · German
par excellence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | par excellence |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [paːɐ̯ ɛksəˈlɑ̃ːs] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „par excellence“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
par excellence is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [paːɐ̯ ɛksəˈlɑ̃ːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in perfekter Vollendung, schlechthin".
No generated misspelling entries exist for par excellence in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is par excellence, spelled P-A-R- -E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1in perfekter Vollendung, schlechthin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par excellence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Kairoer Dialekt wird oft als Ägyptisch-Arabisch par excellence angesehen, obwohl die Dialekte außerhalb Kairos sich davon mehr oder minder deutlich unterscheiden.“
„Zucker. Vor 500 Jahren am Beginn der Neuzeit ein Luxusgut par excellence, Privileg gekrönter Häupter und jener europäischen Superreichen, die mit Arabern Handel trieben.“
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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.