passer un Québec
\pɑ.se œ̃ ke.bɛk\
The verdict
“passer un Québec” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escroquer, tromper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-un-quebec · passer un Québec · French
passer un Québec · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 un Québec |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɑ.se œ̃ ke.bɛk\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer un Québec » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer un Québec is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɑ.se œ̃ ke.bɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Escroquer, tromper.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for passer un Québec in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 un Québec, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -U-N- -Q-U-É-B-E-C.
Definition
- 1Escroquer, tromper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passer un Québec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et, moi, je trouve que c’est dangereux d’essayer de passer un sapin ou de passer un Québec aussi rapidement à la population.
Alors là, ils ont dit au syndicat, on va aller jusqu’à la Cour suprême et mieux, on va vous régler ça par une loi, une petite vite de fin de session, d’où l’expression, M. le Président, « se faire passer un Québec », que tout le monde connaît dans la province. Quand on se fait jouer un tour, un sale tour, une petite vite… Il y a plusieurs termes, on dit :…
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.