Père éternel
The verdict
“Père éternel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dieu le Père.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pere-eternel · Père éternel · French
Père éternel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Père éternel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Père éternel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Père éternel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dieu le Père.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Père éternel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Père éternel, spelled P-È-R-E- -É-T-E-R-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Dieu le Père.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Père éternel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toi l'Auvergnat quand tu mourras Quand le croqu'mort t'emportera Qu'il te conduise à travers ciel Au père éternel.
Nous offrons tout le 25 décembre. Mais le Père Noël, ce bon papa Gâteau mâtiné de Père Éternel, qui a gérontocratiquement succédé au petit Jésus, nous l'avons, pour mensonge inutile, refusé.
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.