très saint-père

\tʁe sɛ̃ pɛʁ\

/\tʁe sɛ̃ pɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“très saint-père” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le pape de l'Église catholique romaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tres-saint-pere · très saint-père · French

très saint-père · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for très saint-père
PropertyValue
Headwordtrès saint-père
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁe sɛ̃ pɛʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « très saint-père » en français

très saint-pèrereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

très saint-père is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁe sɛ̃ pɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le pape de l'Église catholique romaine.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for très saint-père, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is très saint-père, spelled T-R-È-S- -S-A-I-N-T---P-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le pape de l'Église catholique romaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how très saint-père appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En parlant du Pape, on l’appelle Le Saint Père, notre Saint Père, notre Très-Saint Père, et notre Saint Père le Pape. On l’appelle aussi, Le Père des fidèles.

Synonyms

apostoillepère des fidèlessaint-père

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "très saint-père"?
"très saint-père" is spelled T-R-È-S- -S-A-I-N-T---P-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁe sɛ̃ pɛʁ\.
What does "très saint-père" mean?
As a noun, "très saint-père" means: Le pape de l'Église catholique romaine.
How do you pronounce "très saint-père"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "très saint-père" is \tʁe sɛ̃ pɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "très saint-père" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list