pas de problème
\pɑ də pʁɔ.blɛm\
The verdict
“pas de problème” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce n’est pas grave.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pas de problème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \pɑ də pʁɔ.blɛm\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pas de problème” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pas de problème is 15 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɑ də pʁɔ.blɛm\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pas de problème, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pas de problème, spelled P-A-S- -D-E- -P-R-O-B-L-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ce n’est pas grave.
- 2D’accord.
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 “pas de problème”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-S- -D-E- -P-R-O-B-L-È-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɑ də pʁɔ.blɛm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.