pas question
\pa kɛs.tjɔ̃\
The verdict
“pas question” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absolument pas ; pas du tout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pas-question · pas question · French
pas question · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 question |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \pa kɛs.tjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pas question » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pas question is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \pa kɛs.tjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absolument pas ; pas du tout.".
pas question has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pas question, spelled P-A-S- -Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Absolument pas ; pas du tout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pas question appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là, je lui ai d’abord demandé de baisser le volume – écouter de la daube, passe encore par politesse, mais fort, pas question – et ensuite ordonné de réviser ses classiques.
– Pour l'amour de Dieu, allez vous coucher immédiatement, Fermín, dit mon père, horrifié. — Pas question. Les statistiques le démontrent : il meurt plus de gens dans leur lit qu'au front.
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.