par là
\paʁ la\
The verdict
“par là” 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
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Par ce lieu-là ; par ce point-là.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | par là |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \paʁ la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “par là” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for par là is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ la\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for par là in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is par là, spelled P-A-R- -L-À, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Par ce lieu-là ; par ce point-là.
- 2Par ce parti, par ce moyen, par ces paroles.
- 3Abréviation ou simplification de la locution adverbiale par là même, équivalent des locutions suivantes : de ce fait, pour cette raison, en conséquence de cela.
- 4Environ, à peu près.
This word in other languages
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Using “par là”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -L-À - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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