parakeet
/ˈpaɹəkiːt/
"parakeet" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parakeet” is uncommon English (frequency #54,376 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,376
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parakeet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaɹəkiːt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parakeet” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parakeet is uncommon English at frequency #54,376 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpaɹəkiːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parakeet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito. The correct English form is parakeet, spelled P-A-R-A-K-E-E-T.
Definition
- 1Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
Etymology
From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “parakeet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-A-K-E-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.