passerelle

\pas.ʁɛl\

/\pas.ʁɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“passerelle” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,095
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de pont étroit qui sert aux piétons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-passerelle · passerelle · French

passerelle · rank #11,095 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,095
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Parodie

Nearest frequency peer: Parodie (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « passerelle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « passerelle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

passerelle vs passerelles
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for passerelle
PropertyValue
Headwordpasserelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pas.ʁɛl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,095
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « passerelle »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).passerellese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Parodie » (#11,094), « passionnés » (#11,096), « parlera » (#11,093). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « passerelle » est au #11,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around passerelle (IPA \pas.ʁɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,095 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for passerelle, with forms such as "apsserelle", "paserelle", and "pasesrelle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "passerelles", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is passerelle, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de pont étroit qui sert aux piétons.
  2. 2
    Plan incliné, escalier mobile qui relie un bateau au quai.
  3. 3
    Escalier mobile qui relie un avion à l’aire d’embarquement.
  4. 4
    Ce qui relie une chose à une autre.
  5. 5
    Plateforme positionnée au dessus du pont supérieur d’un navire, où se tiennent les officiers qui dirigent le navire.
  6. 6
    Plateforme sur laquelle défilent les mannequins portant des créations de mode.
  7. 7
    Dispositif destiné à connecter des réseaux de télécommunication ayant des architectures différentes ou des protocoles différents, ou offrant des services différents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how passerelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le fourgon de tête […] est également pourvu d’une plate-forme et d’une passerelle. Un couloir intérieur permet au chef de train de le traverser pour atteindre le tender et la locomotive, si cela est nécessaire.
  2. 29 octobre 1918. […]. Fragile passerelle à Ambly-Fleury, battue comme enclume. Sous les instances de deux officiers, je renonce à aller voir si les deux autres passerelles du génie existent, malgré les affirmations contraires des officiers relevés.

Synonyms

pontfly over

This word in other languages

footbridge(English)puente(Español)Fußgängerbrücke(Deutsch)passarela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apsserelle
  • paserelle
  • pasesrelle
  • passeerlle
  • passerele
  • passerelel
  • passerlele
  • passerrelle
  • passreelle
  • ppasserelle
  • psaserelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of passerelle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apsserelle2paserelle1pasesrelle2passeerlle2passerele1passerelel2passerlele2passerrelle1
Edit distance from "passerelle"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "passerelle"?
"passerelle" is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pas.ʁɛl\.
What does "passerelle" mean?
As a noun, "passerelle" means: Sorte de pont étroit qui sert aux piétons.
What words are commonly confused with "passerelle"?
"passerelle" is commonly confused with "passerelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "passerelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passerelle" is \pas.ʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passerelle" come from?
"passerelle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "passerelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passionnés#11,096interrompu#11,078fondements#11,052traducteur#11,142

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

parfums11 variantspiétons11 variantsmusicaux11 variantsmoniteur11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list