parity
par·i·ty/ˈpæɹɪti/noun
parity is spelled P-A-R-I-T-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables (par·i·ty). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “parity vs parody” about 210 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, parity means “Equality; comparability of strength or intensity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parity is parities.
How many letters and syllables are in parity?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: par·i·ty |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is parity?
Parity appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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).
How do you pronounce parity?
- UK /ˈpæɹɪti/
- British /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/
- /ˈpæɹɪti/
Parity has 3 syllables, split par·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-parity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with parity
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with parity?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parity from its last stressed vowel (/æɹɪti/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of parity
- parities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
- 2
A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.
Parity is always preserved in such operations.
- 3
The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
The particles' parities can switch at random.
- 4
The count of one-valued bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
- 5
Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
- 6
In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
- 7
Resemblance; analogy.
- 8
The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks.
- 9
The number of times a sow has farrowed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate parity?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of parity: CPT.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parité |
| German | Parität , Graviditätszahl |
| Portuguese | paridade , número de parições |
| Spanish | paridad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does parity come from?
From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).