par places
\pa.ʁ plas\
The verdict
“par places” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Çà et là.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-places · par places · French
par places · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 places |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁ plas\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « par places » en français
Rare enough to double-check
par places is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pa.ʁ plas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Çà et là.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for par places, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is par places, spelled P-A-R- -P-L-A-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Çà et là.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par places appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par places s’étendaient aussi de grands tapis d’herbes aquatiques, effleurés d’un semis de fleurettes, pareilles à des marguerites des prés, où venaient se poser des libellules frémissantes.
Il prit le livre d’un geste anxieux. La description correspondait bien à celle que l’auteur de la brochure en avait donnée. D’abord une couverture de parchemin, parchemin sali, noirci, usé par places, et, au-dessous, la vraie reliure, en cuir rigide.
Synonyms
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.