Parc or park?
parc is a noun meaning “Alternative form of park”; park is a noun meaning “A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) park is about 240 times as common as parc.
What is the difference between parc and park?
| parc | park | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Alternative form of park | A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place |
| Example | none recorded | She went to the park for a jog with him |
| Forms | parcs | parks |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /pɑɹk/ [pʰɑɹk] [pɑɹk] |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 145 times per million words |
Sources: parc and park in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of parc and park
parc
- 1
Alternative form of park
park
- 1
A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like
She went to the park for a jog with him
- 2
To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place
You can park the car in front of the house
- 3
A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation
Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York
- 4
informalTo defer (a matter) until a later date
Let's park that until next week's meeting
- 5
An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant
- 6
To bring together in a park, or compact body
to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc
- 7
USA wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region
- 8
To enclose in a park, or as in a park
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, parc or park?
parc appears about once in every 2 million words; park 145 times per million words.
parc about once in every 2 million wordspark 145 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).