par rapport à
\paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\
The verdict
“par rapport à” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a preposition - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pour ce qui est de, ce qui regarde.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | par rapport à |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “par rapport à” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for par rapport à is 13 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for par rapport à in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is par rapport à, spelled P-A-R- -R-A-P-P-O-R-T- -À.
Definition
- 1Pour ce qui est de, ce qui regarde.
- 2Par comparaison à ; en proportion de.
- 3À cause de.
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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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Using “par rapport à”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -R-A-P-P-O-R-T- -À - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.