à pas d’homme
\a pɑ d‿ɔm\
The verdict
“à pas d’homme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À la vitesse d'un homme qui marche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-pas-d-homme · à pas d’homme · French
à pas d’homme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 pas d’homme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a pɑ d‿ɔm\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à pas d’homme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a pɑ d‿ɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for à pas d’homme in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à pas d’homme, spelled À- -P-A-S- -D-’-H-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1À la vitesse d'un homme qui marche.
- 2Lentement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à pas d’homme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’autres, la nuit surtout, arrivent du Kosovo, distant d’une dizaine de kilomètres, à peine cinq heures à pas d’homme par des itinéraires qui changent sans cesse.
Dans la côte d'Ans, le train avançait à pas d'homme tant la pente était raide.
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.