aller ad patres
\a.le ad pat.ʁɛs\
The verdict
“aller ad patres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aller-ad-patres · aller ad patres · French
aller ad patres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aller ad patres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.le ad pat.ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aller ad patres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.le ad pat.ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mourir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aller ad patres, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aller ad patres, spelled A-L-L-E-R- -A-D- -P-A-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Mourir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aller ad patres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que j’aimerais à causer de tout cela avec vous, sous les arbres des Tuileries, comme jadis ! Mais pour écrire, je ne le puis plus. Je m’en vais philosophiquement ad patres entre ma femme et mon enfant, prenant le temps comme il vient, et n’ayant plus la sottise d’espérer mieux (en ce monde s’entend).
Eh bien ! ma fille, tu voulais donc nous quitter ? lui dit-il en essayant de la faire sourire ; ce n’est pourtant pas à ton âge qu’on va ad patres !
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