tabagisme passif
\ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\
The verdict
“tabagisme passif” 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 May 6, 2026) - Fait de ressentir les effets nocifs du tabac à plus ou moins long terme à cause de gens qui fument à proximité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabagisme passif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tabagisme passif” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tabagisme passif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de ressentir les effets nocifs du tabac à plus ou moins long terme à cause de gens qui fument à proximité.".
tabagisme passif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tabagisme passif, spelled T-A-B-A-G-I-S-M-E- -P-A-S-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Fait de ressentir les effets nocifs du tabac à plus ou moins long terme à cause de gens qui fument à proximité.
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 “tabagisme passif”
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- The one correct French spelling is T-A-B-A-G-I-S-M-E- -P-A-S-S-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\ (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.