par les temps qui courent

\paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\

/\paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\/ adv

The verdict

“par les temps qui courent” 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
25
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans les circonstances actuelles.

Key facts for par les temps qui courent
PropertyValue
Headwordpar les temps qui courent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\
Letters25
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “par les temps qui courent” sits in French frequency

par les temps qui courent 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 les temps qui courent is 25 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\. 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: "Dans les circonstances actuelles.".

No misspelling variants are generated for par les temps qui courent 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 les temps qui courent, spelled P-A-R- -L-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S- -Q-U-I- -C-O-U-R-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans les circonstances actuelles.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "par les temps qui courent"?
"par les temps qui courent" is spelled P-A-R- -L-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S- -Q-U-I- -C-O-U-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\.
What does "par les temps qui courent" mean?
As an adverb, "par les temps qui courent" means: Dans les circonstances actuelles.
How do you pronounce "par les temps qui courent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par les temps qui courent" is \paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “par les temps qui courent”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -L-E-S- -T-E-M-P-S- -Q-U-I- -C-O-U-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \paʁ le tɑ̃ ki kuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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