pas question
\pa kɛs.tjɔ̃\
The verdict
“pas question” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Absolument pas ; pas du tout.
| 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) |
Where “pas question” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pas question is 12 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa kɛs.tjɔ̃\. 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: "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.
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.
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Using “pas question”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-S- -Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa kɛs.tjɔ̃\ (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.