par rapport à
\paʁ ʁa.pɔ.ʁ‿a\
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « par rapport à » en français
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
- 1Pour ce qui est de, ce qui regarde.
- 2Par comparaison à ; en proportion de.
- 3À cause de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par rapport à appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par rapport à elle, lui.
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.