Passant
[paˈsant]
The verdict
“Passant” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #39,564 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,564
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fußgänger; jemand, der (zufällig) vorbeigeht
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Passant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈsant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Passant” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Passant is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈsant]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,564 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fußgänger; jemand, der (zufällig) vorbeigeht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Passant, with forms such as "apssant", "pasant", and "pasasnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "passt", "passen", "Passau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Passant, spelled P-A-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Fußgänger; jemand, der (zufällig) vorbeigeht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apssant,pasant,pasasnt,passannt,passantt,passatn,passnat,paßant,ppassant,psasant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Passant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Passant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-S-S-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈsant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “passt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Passant vs passt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.