par inadvertance

adv

The verdict

“par inadvertance” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Par manque d’attention ; en ne faisant pas attention.

Key facts for par inadvertance
PropertyValue
Headwordpar inadvertance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “par inadvertance” sits in French frequency

par inadvertance 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for par inadvertance is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    Par manque d’attention ; en ne faisant pas attention.

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 inadvertance"?
"par inadvertance" is spelled P-A-R- -I-N-A-D-V-E-R-T-A-N-C-E.
What does "par inadvertance" mean?
As an adverb, "par inadvertance" means: Par manque d’attention ; en ne faisant pas attention.
What language does "par inadvertance" come from?
"par inadvertance" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “par inadvertance”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -I-N-A-D-V-E-R-T-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list