passer de vie à trépas

\pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\

/\pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\/ verb

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The verdict

“passer de vie à trépas” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mourir.

Key facts for passer de vie à trépas
PropertyValue
Headwordpasser de vie à trépas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “passer de vie à trépas” sits in French frequency

passer de vie à trépas 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for passer de vie à trépas is 22 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mourir.".

passer de vie à trépas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is passer de vie à trépas, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -V-I-E- -À- -T-R-É-P-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mourir.

Synonyms

franchir le noir passagepasser l'arme à gauchetirer sa révérence

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 "passer de vie à trépas"?
"passer de vie à trépas" is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -V-I-E- -À- -T-R-É-P-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\.
What does "passer de vie à trépas" mean?
As a verb, "passer de vie à trépas" means: Mourir.
How do you pronounce "passer de vie à trépas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passer de vie à trépas" is \pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passer de vie à trépas" come from?
"passer de vie à trépas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “passer de vie à trépas”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -V-I-E- -À- -T-R-É-P-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pa.se də vi a tʁe.pa\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list