pasquin
\pas.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“pasquin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Satiriste, diseur de bons mots, bouffon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pasquin · pasquin · French
pasquin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pasquin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pas.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pasquin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pas.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pasquin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pasquin, spelled P-A-S-Q-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Satiriste, diseur de bons mots, bouffon.
- 2Satire, écrit satirique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pasquin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Je soutiendrai envers et contre tous que le Toldos-jeschu, où cet ignorant pasquin de Voltaire a puisé tant de sottes fables, dignes des Mille et une Nuits, n’est qu’une méchante ineptie rabbinique, indigne de figurer dans la bibliothèque d’un savant !
Elle blâmait ouvertement en moi le cabotinage qu’elle n’osait reprocher à son mari : j’étais un polichinelle, un pasquin, un grimacier, elle m’ordonnait de cesser mes « simagrées ».
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.