pareil
obsolete
pareil is spelled P-A-R-E-I-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pareil means “An equal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pareil is pareils.
How many letters and syllables are in pareil?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-E-I-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pareil?
Pareil appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does pareil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn equal.
Among writers he was a man without pareil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pareil come from?
Borrowed from French pareil. By surface analysis, par + -eil (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).