par trop
\paʁ tʁo\
The verdict
“par trop” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excessivement ; beaucoup trop.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-trop · par trop · French
par trop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 trop |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \paʁ tʁo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « par trop » en français
Rare enough to double-check
par trop is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \paʁ tʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excessivement ; beaucoup trop.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for par trop in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is par trop, spelled P-A-R- -T-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1Excessivement ; beaucoup trop.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par trop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin je me dis : « C’est par trop fort ! » et je brisai les trois cachets d’un coup de pouce.
— Il faudra, dit Pierre d’un air sombre, nous débarrasser à tout prix de cette canaille. Il est par trop gênant.
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.