par inadvertance
The verdict
“par inadvertance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par manque d’attention ; en ne faisant pas attention.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-inadvertance · par inadvertance · French
par inadvertance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 inadvertance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « par inadvertance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
par inadvertance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Par manque d’attention ; en ne faisant pas attention.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for par inadvertance in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is par inadvertance, spelled P-A-R- -I-N-A-D-V-E-R-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Par manque d’attention ; en ne faisant pas attention.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par inadvertance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dimanche-là, moi, j’étais monté plus haut que d’ordinaire, oh pas grand-chose, quelques dizaines de mètres, un peu par inadvertance.
Il s’était posté devant elle, alors qu’elle se rendait au lavoir, et il lui avait avoué qu’il l’aimait, avec toute la gaucherie dont était capable un gamin de son âge. Elle l’avait à peine regardé et avait poursuivi son chemin comme si de rien n’était. Un caillou rentré par inadvertance dans son godillot l’aurait ralentie plus sûrement.
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.