par erreur

\pa.ʁ‿e.ʁœʁ\

/\pa.ʁ‿e.ʁœʁ\/ adv

The verdict

“par erreur” 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 May 6, 2026) - Suite à une information ou une croyance erronée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-par-erreur · par erreur · French

par erreur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 erreur
PropertyValue
Headwordpar erreur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pa.ʁ‿e.ʁœʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “par erreur” sits in French frequency

par erreur 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 erreur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pa.ʁ‿e.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for par erreur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is par erreur, spelled P-A-R- -E-R-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suite à une information ou une croyance erronée.
  2. 2
    A la suite d'une méprise dans l'action ; en se trompant.

Synonyms

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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 erreur"?
"par erreur" is spelled P-A-R- -E-R-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁ‿e.ʁœʁ\.
What does "par erreur" mean?
As an adverb, "par erreur" means: Suite à une information ou une croyance erronée.
How do you pronounce "par erreur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par erreur" is \pa.ʁ‿e.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "par erreur" come from?
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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