plus-que-parfait
\plys.kə.paʁ.fɛ\
The verdict
“plus-que-parfait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Temps d'un verbe à l’indicatif ou au subjonctif qui marque une action passée antérieurement à un autre temps déjà passé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plus-que-parfait · plus-que-parfait · French
plus-que-parfait · 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 | plus-que-parfait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plys.kə.paʁ.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “plus-que-parfait” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
plus-que-parfait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plys.kə.paʁ.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Temps d'un verbe à l’indicatif ou au subjonctif qui marque une action passée antérieurement à un autre temps déjà passé.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plus-que-parfait, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is plus-que-parfait, spelled P-L-U-S---Q-U-E---P-A-R-F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Temps d'un verbe à l’indicatif ou au subjonctif qui marque une action passée antérieurement à un autre temps déjà passé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plus-que-parfait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le père de Lamourette fut tué dès le début, à l’heure exacte où Félix Chèvreplat récitait le plus-que-parfait du verbe passif deleor.
This word in other languages
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.
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