passage pour piétons

\pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\

/\pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“passage pour piétons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie de la route aménagée pour permettre aux piétons de traverser, en relative sécurité, la chaussée.

Key facts for passage pour piétons
PropertyValue
Headwordpassage pour piétons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “passage pour piétons” sits in French frequency

passage pour piétons falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

passage pour piétons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie de la route aménagée pour permettre aux piétons de traverser, en relative sécurité, la chaussée.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for passage pour piétons, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is passage pour piétons, spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E- -P-O-U-R- -P-I-É-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de la route aménagée pour permettre aux piétons de traverser, en relative sécurité, la chaussée.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "passage pour piétons"?
"passage pour piétons" is spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E- -P-O-U-R- -P-I-É-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\.
What does "passage pour piétons" mean?
As a noun, "passage pour piétons" means: Partie de la route aménagée pour permettre aux piétons de traverser, en relative sécurité, la chaussée.
How do you pronounce "passage pour piétons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passage pour piétons" is \pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passage pour piétons" come from?
"passage pour piétons" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “passage pour piétons”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-S-S-A-G-E- -P-O-U-R- -P-I-É-T-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pa.saʒ puʁ pje.tɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list