par chance
\pɑʁ ʃɑ̃s\
The verdict
“par chance” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Par un heureux concours de circonstances
| 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) |
Where “par chance” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for par chance is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɑʁ ʃɑ̃s\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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.
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Using “par chance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -C-H-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɑʁ ʃɑ̃s\ (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.