par hasard
\pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\
The verdict
“par hasard” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière fortuite, accidentelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | par hasard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “par hasard” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for par hasard is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1De manière fortuite, accidentelle.
- 2À l’occasion ; éventuellement.
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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Using “par hasard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -H-A-S-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.ʁ‿a.zaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.