dépassée

\de.pa.se\

/\de.pa.se\/ adj

The verdict

“dépassée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,606
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de dépassé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-depassee · dépassée · French

dépassée · rank #16,606 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,606
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 404,891
  • PHOTO-FINISH démunis

Nearest frequency peer: démunis (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “dépassée”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “dépassée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

dépassée vs déposée
75% similar
dépassée vs dépasser
75% similar
dépassée vs dévastée
75% similar

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

Key facts for dépassée
PropertyValue
Headworddépassée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.pa.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,606
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dépassée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dépassée lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dépassée (IPA \de.pa.se\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,606 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de dépassé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dépassée, with forms such as "ddépassée", "depassee", and "dpéassée". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "déposée", "dépasser", "dévastée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dépassée, spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de dépassé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Benoît Magimel en boss terrifiant et Ophélie Bau en assistante sociale dépassée aident à plonger dans ce monde sans pitié.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddépassée
  • depassee
  • dpéassée
  • déapssée
  • dépasseé
  • dépasée
  • dépasése
  • déppassée
  • dépsasée
  • édpassée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dépassée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddépassée1depassee2dpéassée2déapssée2dépasseé2dépasée1dépasése2déppassée1
Edit distance from "dépassée"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépassée"?
"dépassée" is spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.pa.se\.
What does "dépassée" mean?
As an adjective, "dépassée" means: Féminin singulier de dépassé.
What words are commonly confused with "dépassée"?
"dépassée" is commonly confused with "déposée", "dépasser", "dévastée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dépassée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépassée" is \de.pa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépassée" come from?
"dépassée" 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 "dépassée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list