payer l’addition
\pɛ.je l‿a.di.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“payer l’addition” 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) - Payer une note, une facture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-payer-l-addition · payer l’addition · French
payer l’addition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | payer l’addition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛ.je l‿a.di.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « payer l’addition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
payer l’addition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛ.je l‿a.di.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for payer l’addition in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is payer l’addition, spelled P-A-Y-E-R- -L-’-A-D-D-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Payer une note, une facture.
- 2Renvoyer l’ascenseur, payer pour ses actes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how payer l’addition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fallait bien que tôt ou tard cet emprunt inexpliqué surgisse entre eux, le moment était venu de payer l’addition.
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.