à part soi
\a paʁ swa\
The verdict
“à part soi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans le secret de son esprit, sans le dire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-part-soi · à part soi · French
à part soi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 soi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a paʁ swa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à part soi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a paʁ swa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le secret de son esprit, sans le dire.".
à part soi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à part soi, spelled À- -P-A-R-T- -S-O-I.
Definition
- 1Dans le secret de son esprit, sans le dire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à part soi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’eus envie de tout lui raconter, mais je me retiens et me contentai de sourire à part moi.
Le vieux se remit à bêcher la terre, marmottant des choses à part lui, secouant la tête d’un air triste.
Synonyms
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.