passacaille
\pa.sa.kaj\
The verdict
“passacaille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Air de danse plus lent que la chaconne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passacaille · passacaille · French
passacaille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | passacaille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.sa.kaj\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
passacaille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.sa.kaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for passacaille, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is passacaille, spelled P-A-S-S-A-C-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Air de danse plus lent que la chaconne.
- 2Danse qu’on exécutait sur cet air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passacaille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une passacaille sur cette terra ferma étrangère aux eaux de la lagune, loin des îles, des murs de la Pietà, loin des navires qui préparent croisades et reconquêtes.
La passacaille de Bach.
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.