passer la bague au doigt
\pa.se la baɡ o dwa\
The verdict
“passer la bague au doigt” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se marier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passer la bague au doigt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \pa.se la baɡ o dwa\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “passer la bague au doigt” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for passer la bague au doigt is 24 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.se la baɡ o dwa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
passer la bague au doigt has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 passer la bague au doigt, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -L-A- -B-A-G-U-E- -A-U- -D-O-I-G-T.
Definition
- 1Se marier.
- 2Offrir une bague de fiançailles, se fiancer
- 3S’engager dans une relation a long terme.
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 “passer la bague au doigt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-S-S-E-R- -L-A- -B-A-G-U-E- -A-U- -D-O-I-G-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.se la baɡ o dwa\ (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.