paso doble
\pa.so dɔbl\
The verdict
“paso doble” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musique à deux temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paso-doble · paso doble · French
paso doble · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | paso doble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.so dɔbl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paso doble » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paso doble is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.so dɔbl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paso doble, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paso doble, spelled P-A-S-O- -D-O-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Musique à deux temps.
- 2Danse de salon espagnole d’origine mexicaine qui se danse en couple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paso doble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a fait danser maman l'année dernière, dit-elle. Il paraît que, dans le paso doble, il est divin !
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.