passer un savon
\pa.se.ʁ‿œ̃ sa.vɔ̃\
The verdict
“passer un savon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réprimander.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passer-un-savon · passer un savon · French
passer un savon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 un savon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.se.ʁ‿œ̃ sa.vɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passer un savon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passer un savon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.se.ʁ‿œ̃ sa.vɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réprimander.".
passer un savon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is passer un savon, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R- -U-N- -S-A-V-O-N.
Definition
- 1Réprimander.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passer un savon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle était là, Mme Jacquier, dans l’ombre du vestibule, à deux mètres derrière sa bonniche, raide comme la Justice et apparemment disposée à me passer un savon.
Jamais de sa vie il ne s’était fait passer un tel savon par un général, et, qui plus est, un général qui n’était pas le sien.
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.