# parish

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæɹ.ɪʃ/ · frequency rank #5,994

## Definitions
1. An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
2. The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
3. An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
4. In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.
5. In any of various countries, an administrative subdivision of an area, often of a county.

## Etymology
From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).

## Easily confused with
- **pars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-pars)
- **parts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-parts)
- **Parks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-parks)
- **prism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-prism)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-parse)
- **phish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-phish)
- **Polish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-polish)
- **punish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-punish)
- **parity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-parity)
- **perish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-perish)
- **purist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-purist)
- **pari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pari-vs-parish)
- **Paris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-parish)
- **Paras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paras-vs-parish)
- **pariah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pariah-vs-parish)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aprish`, `pairsh`, `parihs`, `parishh`, `parissh`, `parrish`, `parsih`, `pparish`, `praish`

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