passer outre
\pa.se(.ʁ‿)utʁ\
The verdict
“passer outre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commencer ou continuer d’exécuter, malgré une opposition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-outre · passer outre · French
passer outre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | passer outre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.se(.ʁ‿)utʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer outre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer outre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se(.ʁ‿)utʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for passer outre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 outre, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -O-U-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Commencer ou continuer d’exécuter, malgré une opposition.
- 2Avancer plus avant ou plus loin.
- 3Ne pas tenir compte d’un argument, d’une observation ou d’un avertissement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passer outre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au surplus , comme il était décidé que la citadelle serait rendue avant toute autre chose, la France et l'Angleterre passèrent outre à l'exécution complète de la convention du 22 octobre.
J’avais perdu tous mes camarades depuis que j’étais mariée, ils n’avaient pas eu l’heur de plaire à Gaston, et m’en avaient voulu de ne pas passer outre.
This word in other languages
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.