à part
\a paʁ\
The verdict
“à part” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séparément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-part · à part · French
à part · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à part |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a paʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à part » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à part is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a paʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Séparément.".
No misspelling variants are generated for à part in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is à part, spelled À- -P-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Séparément.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à part appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après cet entretien, le bachelier me tira à part et me dit : […]
Elles embrassent les divers groupes des animaux inférieurs, et marquent dans l’histoire de la question qui nous occupe, une époque nouvelle, qui doit être examinée à part.
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.