par rapport à

\paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\

/\paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\/ prep

The verdict

“par rapport à” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour ce qui est de, ce qui regarde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-par-rapport-a · par rapport à · French

par rapport à · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 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 rapport à
PropertyValue
Headwordpar rapport à
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « par rapport à » en français

par rapport àreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

par rapport à is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Pour ce qui est de, ce qui regarde.
  2. 2
    Par comparaison à ; en proportion de.
  3. 3
    À cause de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how par rapport à appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Par rapport à elle, lui.
  2. Le français, donc, accepte peu la variation, variation par rapport à la source : Paris.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "par rapport à"?
"par rapport à" is spelled P-A-R- -R-A-P-P-O-R-T- -À. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\.
What does "par rapport à" mean?
As a preposition, "par rapport à" means: Pour ce qui est de, ce qui regarde.
How do you pronounce "par rapport à"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "par rapport à" is \paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "par rapport à" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list