par-dessus le marché
\paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\
The verdict
“par-dessus le marché” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - En outre ; de plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-dessus-le-marche · par-dessus le marché · French
par-dessus le marché · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-dessus le marché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “par-dessus le marché” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
par-dessus le marché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En outre ; de plus.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for par-dessus le marché, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is par-dessus le marché, spelled P-A-R---D-E-S-S-U-S- -L-E- -M-A-R-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1En outre ; de plus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par-dessus le marché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous sentez que mes infirmités croissant, et la vieillesse avançant par-dessus le marché, il ne faut pas que, hors d’état de gagner mon pain, je m’expose au danger d’en manquer.
Le même jour le jeune homme se mit en route, muni des trois présents paternels, et qui se composaient, comme nous l’avons dit, de quinze écus, du cheval et de la lettre pour M. de Tréville ; comme on le pense bien, les conseils avaient été donnés par-dessus le marché.
This word in other languages
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