passer de la pommade
\pa.se də la pɔ.mad\
The verdict
“passer de la pommade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flatter, flagorner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-de-la-pommade · passer de la pommade · French
passer de la pommade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | passer de la pommade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.se də la pɔ.mad\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer de la pommade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer de la pommade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se də la pɔ.mad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flatter, flagorner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for passer de la pommade in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is passer de la pommade, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -L-A- -P-O-M-M-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Flatter, flagorner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how passer de la pommade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’avenir, si vous tenez à avoir de bonnes relations avec moi, abstenez-vous de me passer de la pommade.
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.