passer par l’idée
\pa.se paʁ l‿i.de\
The verdict
“passer par l’idée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lorsque les idées naissent sans démarche cognitive volontaire, uniquement par libre association d’idées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-par-l-idee · passer par l’idée · French
passer par l’idée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 par l’idée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.se paʁ l‿i.de\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer par l’idée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer par l’idée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se paʁ l‿i.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lorsque les idées naissent sans démarche cognitive volontaire, uniquement par libre association d’idées.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for passer par l’idée, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is passer par l’idée, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -P-A-R- -L-’-I-D-É-E.
Definition
- 1Lorsque les idées naissent sans démarche cognitive volontaire, uniquement par libre association d’idées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how passer par l’idée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chargez-moi, appelez-moi de tous les noms qui vous passeront par l’idée, peu importe, j’ai bon dos et j’en ai vu bien d’autres.
Synonyms
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.