passé de mode
\pa.se də mɔd\
The verdict
“passé de mode” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a cessé d’être à la mode.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passe-de-mode · passé de mode · French
passé de mode · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | passé de mode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.se də mɔd\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
passé de mode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.se də mɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a cessé d’être à la mode.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for passé de mode, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is passé de mode, spelled P-A-S-S-É- -D-E- -M-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a cessé d’être à la mode.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how passé de mode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et surtout, son voisin de banc est affublé d'un incroyable vêtement : une redingote passée de mode, de couleur rouge, qui semble sortie tout droit d'un magasin aux accessoires ou d'un musée.
Antonyms
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.