soit dit en passant
\swa di.t‿ɑ̃ pa.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“soit dit en passant” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit lorsque l’on ajoute un point à une conversation sans pour autant s’y attarder.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soit dit en passant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \swa di.t‿ɑ̃ pa.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soit dit en passant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for soit dit en passant is 19 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \swa di.t‿ɑ̃ pa.sɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dit lorsque l’on ajoute un point à une conversation sans pour autant s’y attarder.".
soit dit en passant has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is soit dit en passant, spelled S-O-I-T- -D-I-T- -E-N- -P-A-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Se dit lorsque l’on ajoute un point à une conversation sans pour autant s’y attarder.
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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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Using “soit dit en passant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-I-T- -D-I-T- -E-N- -P-A-S-S-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \swa di.t‿ɑ̃ pa.sɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.