Passepartout

[paspaʁˈtuː]

/[paspaʁˈtuː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Passepartout” is uncommon German (frequency #85,674 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,674
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bilderrahmen aus Karton

Corpus desk

Index DE-passepartout · Passepartout · German

Passepartout · rank #85,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,674
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pappenheimer

Nearest frequency peer: Pappenheimer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Passepartout“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Passepartout“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Passepartout
PropertyValue
HeadwordPassepartout
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paspaʁˈtuː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,674
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Passepartout“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Passepartoutfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pappenheimer“ (#85,673), „Pankreas“ (#85,672), „Patientenakte“ (#85,676). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Passepartout“ bei #85,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Passepartout is uncommon German at frequency #85,674 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paspaʁˈtuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Passepartout, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 German form is Passepartout, spelled P-A-S-S-E-P-A-R-T-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bilderrahmen aus Karton
  2. 2
    Generalschlüssel, der sofort und überall in alle Schlösser passt
  3. 3
    Freipass, Zugangsberechtigung, Backstage-Pass
  4. 4
    Dauerkarte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. So manches Foto sieht mit einem Passepartout besser aus.
  2. Haben Sie ein Passepartout dabei?

Synonyms

GeneralGeneralschlüsselHauptschlüssel

Antonyms

Einzelschlüssel

This word in other languages

passkey(English)passe-partout(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Passepartout"?
"Passepartout" is spelled P-A-S-S-E-P-A-R-T-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [paspaʁˈtuː].
What does "Passepartout" mean?
As a noun, "Passepartout" means: Bilderrahmen aus Karton
How do you pronounce "Passepartout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Passepartout" is [paspaʁˈtuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Passepartout" come from?
"Passepartout" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Passepartout", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pappenheimer#85,673Noradrenalin#85,646Präzisierung#85,716reagierenden#85,735

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list