passer la bague au doigt
\pa.se la baɡ o dwa\
The verdict
“passer la bague au doigt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se marier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-la-bague-au-doigt · passer la bague au doigt · French
passer la bague au doigt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer la bague au doigt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer la bague au doigt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \pa.se la baɡ o dwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passer la bague au doigt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans quelques semaines cela fera très exactement 10 ans que Mr T. m’a passé la bague au doigt… ou pas !
On lui a passé la bague au doigt le jour de la Saint-Valentin. La chanteuse Lady Gaga a annoncé lundi ses fiançailles avec l'acteur et mannequin Taylor Kinney, 33 ans, rencontré sur le tournage d'un de ses clips.
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.