# parkour vs parlour

> 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.

### parlour
*noun · IPA /ˈpɑːlə/ · frequency rank #24,267*
Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.

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