maison de passe
\mɛ.zɔ̃ də pas\
The verdict
“maison 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maison de passe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.zɔ̃ də pas\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maison de passe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maison de passe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.zɔ̃ də pas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maison de passe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maison de passe, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E- -P-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.
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.
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Using “maison de passe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E- -P-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛ.zɔ̃ də pas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.