par-dessus le marché

\paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\

/\paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\/ adv

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.

Key facts for par-dessus le marché
PropertyValue
Headwordpar-dessus le marché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “par-dessus le marché” sits in French frequency

par-dessus le marché falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    En outre ; de plus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how par-dessus le marché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "par-dessus le marché"?
"par-dessus le marché" is spelled P-A-R---D-E-S-S-U-S- -L-E- -M-A-R-C-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\.
What does "par-dessus le marché" mean?
As an adverb, "par-dessus le marché" means: En outre ; de plus.
How do you pronounce "par-dessus le marché"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par-dessus le marché" is \paʁ də.sy lə maʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "par-dessus le marché" come from?
"par-dessus le marché" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list