mot de passe
\mo də pas\
The verdict
“mot de passe” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mot utilisé pour obtenir l’accès à certaines informations ou à un certain lieu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mot de passe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo də pas\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mot de passe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mot de passe is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mo də pas\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mot de passe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mot de passe, spelled M-O-T- -D-E- -P-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mot utilisé pour obtenir l’accès à certaines informations ou à un certain lieu.
- 2Code alphanumérique ou phrase, moyen d’authentification, qu’il faut donner pour accéder dans un endroit protégé ou pour utiliser une ressource ou un service dont l’accès est limité et protégé.
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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 “mot de passe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-T- -D-E- -P-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mo də pas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.