dessus du panier
\də.sy dy pa.nje\
The verdict
“dessus du panier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’élite, la partie considérée comme supérieure d’une communauté, d’un groupe social.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dessus-du-panier · dessus du panier · French
dessus du panier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | dessus du panier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.sy dy pa.nje\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dessus du panier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dessus du panier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.sy dy pa.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L’élite, la partie considérée comme supérieure d’une communauté, d’un groupe social.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dessus du panier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dessus du panier, spelled D-E-S-S-U-S- -D-U- -P-A-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1L’élite, la partie considérée comme supérieure d’une communauté, d’un groupe social.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dessus du panier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les maisons spéciales de l’Amérique du Sud, ce sont les Françaises qui constituent le dessus du panier. Leurs expéditeurs travaillent à Paris, sur les grands boulevards.
Il avait dans la voix les musiques des Halles, des frites, de la Rambute, de la Quincampe et du Topol du pavé natal, accent facile, coulant comme Seine sous le Pont-Neuf, et qui fait du Parisien le dessus du panier des casernes.
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.