pas de quoi
\pɑ d(ə) kwa\
The verdict
“pas de quoi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De rien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pas-de-quoi · pas de quoi · French
pas de quoi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | pas de quoi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \pɑ d(ə) kwa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pas de quoi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pas de quoi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \pɑ d(ə) kwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De rien.".
pas de quoi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 pas de quoi, spelled P-A-S- -D-E- -Q-U-O-I.
Definition
- 1De rien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pas de quoi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Merci d’être venu, dit-elle. Le jeune garçon eut un geste vague pour minimiser ce fait. — Pas de quoi, de toute façon les autres ne veulent pas que je reste avec eux, alors...
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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.