trépasser
\tʁe.pɑ.se\
The verdict
“trépasser” 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) - Mourir, passer de vie à trépas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trepasser · trépasser · French
trépasser · 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 "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 | trépasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tʁe.pɑ.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trépasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trépasser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁe.pɑ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mourir, passer de vie à trépas.".
trépasser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is trépasser, spelled T-R-É-P-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mourir, passer de vie à trépas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trépasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le même jour où cette confidence avait été faite, la comtesse trépassa saintement.
Les mots usuels que nous trouvons [en parlant des paysans des années 1930 au Québec] pour dire la mort varient selon les réflexes des uns et des autres : « Il a perdu le souffle, il a défunté, il a trépassé, il a rendu l’âme… » Plus poétique : « Il est parti de l’autre bord, de l’autre côté ; il était au bout de son fuseau. » Moins respectueux : « Il a le…
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.