dépasse

\de.pas\

/\de.pas\/ verb

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The verdict

“dépasse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,401
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dépasser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-depasse · dépasse · French

dépasse · rank #3,401 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,401
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déchets

Nearest frequency peer: déchets (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dépasse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dépasse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dépasse vs dépose
71% similar
dépasse vs dépense
71% similar
dépasse vs déposée
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dépasse
PropertyValue
Headworddépasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.pas\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,401
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dépasse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dépassese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « déchets » (#3,400), « engage » (#3,402), « dizaine » (#3,399). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dépasse » est au #3,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around dépasse (IPA \de.pas\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,401 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dépasse, with forms such as "ddépasse", "depasse", and "dpéasse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "dépose", "dépense", "déposée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dépasse, spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dépasser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dépasser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dépasser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dépasser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de dépasser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dépasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cet isotope a été utilisé pour gammagraphier les soudures aux collerettes (frettes) des culottes et tuyaux droits, dont l’épaisseur dépasse 25 mm.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddépasse
  • depasse
  • dpéasse
  • déapsse
  • dépase
  • dépases
  • déppasse
  • dépsase
  • édpasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dépasse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddépasse1depasse1dpéasse2déapsse2dépase1dépases2déppasse1dépsase2
Edit distance from "dépasse"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépasse"?
"dépasse" is spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.pas\.
What does "dépasse" mean?
As a verb, "dépasse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dépasser.
What words are commonly confused with "dépasse"?
"dépasse" is commonly confused with "dépose", "dépense", "déposée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dépasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépasse" is \de.pas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépasse" come from?
"dépasse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dépasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déchets#3,400dizaine#3,399Maurice#3,411chapeau#3,390

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

destin9 variantsvisant9 variantsvoyant9 variantssauvage9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list