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parcels

noun, verb

parcels is a noun meaning “plural of parcel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-R-C-E-L-S and has 2 syllables, and it appears 2.3 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does parcels mean?

noun

  1. 1

    plural of parcel (a form of parcel)

  2. 2

    UKdatedA parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular simple present indicative of parcel (a form of parcel)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce parcels?

    Parcels has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is parcels?

    Parcels appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.

    Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).