de ce pas
\də sə pa\
The verdict
“de ce pas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur-le-champ, sans délai, à l’heure même, à l’instant même où je vous parle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-ce-pas · de ce pas · French
de ce pas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de ce pas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də sə pa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de ce pas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de ce pas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də sə pa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sur-le-champ, sans délai, à l’heure même, à l’instant même où je vous parle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for de ce pas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is de ce pas, spelled D-E- -C-E- -P-A-S.
Definition
- 1Sur-le-champ, sans délai, à l’heure même, à l’instant même où je vous parle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de ce pas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’y vais de ce pas.
Sus, que de ma maison on sorte de ce pas, Et que d'y revenir on n'ait jamais l'audace.
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.