pasque

/\pas.kə\/ conj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,705

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

pasque is aFrenchconj. It means: Parce que. Pronounced \pas.kə\. Often confused with passé and pique.

Key facts for pasque
PropertyValue
Headwordpasque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConj
IPA\pas.kə\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,705
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pasque in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pasque is 6 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pas.kə\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,705 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parce que.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pasque, with forms such as "apsque", "paqsue", and "pasqeu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "passé", "pique", "passée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pasque, spelled P-A-S-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parce que.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apsque,paqsue,pasqeu,pasqque,passque,pasuqe,ppasque,psaque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pasque

Misspelling Variants of "pasque"

apsque6paqsue6pasqeu6pasqque7passque7pasuqe6ppasque7psaque6
Misspelling Variants of "pasque"

Frequency rank: #48,705 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pasque"?
"pasque" is spelled P-A-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pas.kə\.
What does "pasque" mean?
As a conj, "pasque" means: Parce que.
What words are commonly confused with "pasque"?
"pasque" is commonly confused with "passé", "pique", "passée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pasque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasque" is \pas.kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pasque" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.