parabole
"parabole" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parabole” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of parable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parabole · parabole · English
parabole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parabole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “parabole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
parabole is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of parable.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parabole, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable. The correct English form is parabole, spelled P-A-R-A-B-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of parable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parabole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares; Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears.
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.