passer sous silence
\pa.se su si.lɑ̃s\
The verdict
“passer sous silence” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Taire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passer sous silence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.se su si.lɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “passer sous silence” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for passer sous silence is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.se su si.lɑ̃s\. 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: "Taire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for passer sous silence, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is passer sous silence, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -S-O-U-S- -S-I-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Taire.
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.
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Using “passer sous silence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-S-S-E-R- -S-O-U-S- -S-I-L-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.se su si.lɑ̃s\ (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.