du passé
\dy pa.se\
The verdict
“du passé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-du-passe · du passé · French
du passé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | du passé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dy pa.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « du passé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
du passé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dy pa.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est plus.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for du passé, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is du passé, spelled D-U- -P-A-S-S-É.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est plus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how du passé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est tout sauf une figure du passé. Il était un exemple hier, il l’est aujourd’hui et le restera demain pour mes enfants.
Synonyms
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.