par mégarde

\paʁ me.ɡaʁd\

/\paʁ me.ɡaʁd\/ adv

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The verdict

“par mégarde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Par manque d’attention, faute de prendre garde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-par-megarde · par mégarde · French

par mégarde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for par mégarde
PropertyValue
Headwordpar mégarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\paʁ me.ɡaʁd\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “par mégarde” sits in French frequency

par mégarde 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.

Rare enough to double-check

par mégarde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \paʁ me.ɡaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Par manque d’attention, faute de prendre garde.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for par mégarde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is par mégarde, spelled P-A-R- -M-É-G-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Par manque d’attention, faute de prendre garde.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "par mégarde"?
"par mégarde" is spelled P-A-R- -M-É-G-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ me.ɡaʁd\.
What does "par mégarde" mean?
As an adverb, "par mégarde" means: Par manque d’attention, faute de prendre garde.
How do you pronounce "par mégarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par mégarde" is \paʁ me.ɡaʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "par mégarde" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list