se passer
\sə pɑ.se\
The verdict
“se passer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arriver ; avoir lieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-passer · se passer · French
se passer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | se passer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə pɑ.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se passer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se passer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə pɑ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arriver ; avoir lieu.".
No misspelling variants are generated for se passer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se passer, spelled S-E- -P-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arriver ; avoir lieu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se passer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On n’eût point dit d’ailleurs, en le voyant, qu’il se passât quelque chose d’insolite par la ville, ni au Louvre ; il était vêtu avec son élégance ordinaire.
La veille du jour où il arrêta Eugène sur le cours Sauvaire, il avait publié, dans l’Indépendant, un article terrible sur les menées du clergé, en réponse à un entrefilet de Vuillet, qui accusait les républicains de vouloir démolir les églises. Vuillet était la bête noire d’Aristide. Il ne se passait pas de semaine sans que les deux journalistes échangeas…
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.