parallelogram
/ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɛl.əˌɡɹæm/
"parallelogram" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parallelogram” is uncommon English (frequency #77,068 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,068
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parallelogram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɛl.əˌɡɹæm/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parallelogram” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parallelogram is uncommon English at frequency #77,068 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɛl.əˌɡɹæm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for parallelogram in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin parallelogrammum, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + γραμμή (grammḗ, “line”). The correct English form is parallelogram, spelled P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L-O-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
- 2either of two rectangular areas (respectively the large parallelogram and the small parallelogram) abutting the goal line in front of the goal. (Since 1986 officially named the large rectangle and small rectangle, though the older names are still occasionally used.)
Etymology
From Latin parallelogrammum, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + γραμμή (grammḗ, “line”).
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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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L-O-G-R-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.