par chance
\pɑʁ ʃɑ̃s\
The verdict
“par chance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par un heureux concours de circonstances
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-chance · par chance · French
par chance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | par chance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \pɑʁ ʃɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
par chance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pɑʁ ʃɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for par chance in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is par chance, spelled P-A-R- -C-H-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Par un heureux concours de circonstances
- 2Par un heureux hasard.
- 3Heureusement
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par chance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est par chance que Pasteur découvrit la chiralité de l’acide racémique alors qu’il vantera plus tard les mérites du hasard.
Par chance, l’accident ne fit pas de victime
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.