par-delà
\paʁ.də.la\
The verdict
“par-delà” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus loin que ; de l’autre côté de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-dela · par-delà · French
par-delà · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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-delà |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \paʁ.də.la\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « par-delà » en français
Rare enough to double-check
par-delà is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \paʁ.də.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plus loin que ; de l’autre côté de.".
par-delà has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is par-delà, spelled P-A-R---D-E-L-À.
Definition
- 1Plus loin que ; de l’autre côté de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par-delà appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par-delà les débats idéologiques, on a déjà pointé les dérives potentielles d’une société ultra-gérée (de Gaulejac, 2005) dans laquelle la production se réoriente en fonction d’indicateurs et d’objectifs de plus en plus souvent détachés de la réalité, tandis que le non-mesurable tend à être négligé.
L’enfant se fait homme ou devient jeune fille, Et cependant que croît sa chair pleine de grâce, Son âme se répand par-delà la famille, Et cherche une âme sœur, une chair qu’il enlace.
This word in other languages
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.