# parkour vs parlor

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### parkour
*noun · IPA /pɑːˈkʊə/ · frequency rank #37,621*
An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.

### parlor
*noun · IPA /ˈpɑːlə/ · frequency rank #18,646*
The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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