hôtel de passe
^((h muet))\o.tɛl də pas\
The verdict
“hôtel de passe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement hôtelier où se pratique la prostitution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hotel-de-passe · hôtel de passe · French
hôtel de passe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hôtel de passe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\o.tɛl də pas\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hôtel de passe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hôtel de passe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h muet))\o.tɛl də pas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement hôtelier où se pratique la prostitution.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hôtel de passe in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 hôtel de passe, spelled H-Ô-T-E-L- -D-E- -P-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Établissement hôtelier où se pratique la prostitution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hôtel de passe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ma rue, il y a une boulangerie, une épicerie, une laverie, un traiteur chinois, un café-tabac, un hôtel de passe et une bouquinerie.
Le Sphinx, le Chabanais, le One-Two-Two disparurent à jamais, mais aussi les maisons d’abattage dont les propriétaires s’empressèrent d’ouvrir, sur des rues entières, des hôtels de passe.
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.