trépassé
\tʁe.pa.se\
The verdict
“trépassé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est mort, défunt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trepasse · trépassé · French
trépassé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | trépassé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁe.pa.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trépassé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trépassé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁe.pa.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est mort, défunt.".
Zero misspellings are on record for trépassé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is trépassé, spelled T-R-É-P-A-S-S-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est mort, défunt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trépassé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les morts se réjouissaient De voir leurs corps trépassés entre eux et la lumière.
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.