à pas de tortue
\a pa də tɔʁ.ty\
The verdict
“à pas de tortue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très lentement; en parlant de se déplacer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à pas de tortue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a pa də tɔʁ.ty\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à pas de tortue” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à pas de tortue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a pa də tɔʁ.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très lentement; en parlant de se déplacer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à pas de tortue, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à pas de tortue, spelled À- -P-A-S- -D-E- -T-O-R-T-U-E.
Definition
- 1Très lentement; en parlant de se déplacer.
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.
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Using “à pas de tortue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -P-A-S- -D-E- -T-O-R-T-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.