par hasard

\pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\

/\pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\/ adv

The verdict

“par hasard” 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 September 3, 2026) - De manière fortuite, accidentelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-par-hasard · par hasard · French

par hasard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for par hasard
PropertyValue
Headwordpar hasard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « par hasard » en français

par hasardreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

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

No generated misspelling entries exist for par hasard in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 hasard, spelled P-A-R- -H-A-S-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    De manière fortuite, accidentelle.
  2. 2
    À l’occasion ; éventuellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ça sert à si peu d’être généreux, bon, dévoué, reconnaissant et fidèle, – des faiblesses, tout au plus ! – et pour quelques êtres délicats et fins qu’on rencontre très par hasard, la vie est plutôt si pleine de mufles, de gens grossiers et d’imbéciles, à chaque instant.
  2. Quand vous vous penchez vers votre fils pour l’embrasser ou pour le gronder, dites, pensez-vous à cet autre fils, retrouvé si par hasard, et qui vous aime comme un enfant et comme un homme, plus comme un homme, peut-être !…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "par hasard"?
"par hasard" is spelled P-A-R- -H-A-S-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\.
What does "par hasard" mean?
As an adverb, "par hasard" means: De manière fortuite, accidentelle.
How do you pronounce "par hasard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par hasard" is \pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "par hasard" come from?
"par hasard" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list