passager clandestin
\pa.sa.ʒe klɑ̃.dɛs.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“passager clandestin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne voyageant clandestinement et sans billet officiel à bord d’un véhicule de transport de personnes ou de marchandises.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passager clandestin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.sa.ʒe klɑ̃.dɛs.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “passager clandestin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
passager clandestin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.sa.ʒe klɑ̃.dɛs.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for passager clandestin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is passager clandestin, spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E-R- -C-L-A-N-D-E-S-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Personne voyageant clandestinement et sans billet officiel à bord d’un véhicule de transport de personnes ou de marchandises.
- 2Profiteur : agent économique usant d’un bien en général collectif et ne payant pas sa quote-part, qui est alors supportée par les autres usagers.
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.
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Using “passager clandestin”
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-R- -C-L-A-N-D-E-S-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.sa.ʒe klɑ̃.dɛs.tɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.