# parades vs paradox

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### parades
*noun · IPA /pəˈɹeɪdz/ · frequency rank #19,930*
plural of parade

### paradox
*noun · IPA /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/ · frequency rank #12,471*
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parades-vs-paradox