pas pire
\pɑ piʁ\
The verdict
“pas pire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pas mal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pas pire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɑ piʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pas pire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pas pire is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɑ piʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pas mal.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pas pire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 pire, spelled P-A-S- -P-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pas mal.
Synonyms
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 pire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-S- -P-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɑ piʁ\ (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.