# Paris

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpæɹ.ɪs/ · frequency rank #1,609

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of France.
2. A department of Île-de-France, France.
3. The government of France.
4. A locale named after the French city.
5. A locale named after the French city.
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27. A locale named after the French city.
28. A locale named after the French city.
29. A community in Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
30. An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
31. A male given name from place name.
32. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.

## Etymology
From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

## Easily confused with
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pas)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-prs)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-part)
- **park** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-park)
- **pass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pass)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pays)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pros)
- **pres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pres)
- **paws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-paws)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pats)
- **parr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-parr)
- **peri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-peri)
- **prim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-prim)
- **pars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pars)
- **pers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-pers)
- **puri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-puri)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-party)
- **parts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-parts)
- **Parks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-parks)
- **ports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-ports)

## Common misspellings (6)
`apris`, `pariss`, `parris`, `parsi`, `pparis`, `prais`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/paris