parieren
[paˈʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“parieren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,559 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #65,559
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Angriff abwehren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for parieren is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈʁiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,559 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for parieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is parieren, spelled P-A-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Angriff abwehren
- 2einer Anweisung Folge leisten
- 3ein Pferd zum langsamer Laufen oder Stehen bringen
- 4Fleisch von Bindegewebe befreien
- 5auf eine Aussage, Frage, einen Vorwurf oder dergleichen angemessen und gut reagieren
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “parieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈʁiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.