passage souterrain
\pa.saʒ su.tɛ.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“passage souterrain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chemin de circulation qui passe en dessous d'une voie de circulation plus importante, afin d'éviter l'intersection des circulations.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passage-souterrain · passage souterrain · French
passage souterrain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | passage souterrain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.saʒ su.tɛ.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
passage souterrain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.saʒ su.tɛ.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for passage souterrain in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is passage souterrain, spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E- -S-O-U-T-E-R-R-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Chemin de circulation qui passe en dessous d'une voie de circulation plus importante, afin d'éviter l'intersection des circulations.
- 2Passage piétonnier sous une voie principale routière ou ferroviaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passage souterrain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès cette époque, la circulation dans Paris avait pris de telles proportions que des passages souterrains pour les voitures commencèrent à être réalisés pour sauvegarder certains emplacements. C'est ainsi que vers 1930 fut créé à la Porte Dauphine un passage qui subsiste aujourd'hui gardant un aspect peu aimable et d'un caractère purement utilitaire.
A quoi servait ce passage clouté, cependant indispensable pour gagner le monument fameux, à défaut d'un passage souterrain encore en construction, s'il était, en fait, mortellement dangereux de s'y aventurer ?
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.