parka
/ˈpɑɹkə/
"parka" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parka” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,018
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parka · parka · English
parka · rank #39,018 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,018
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pariah
Nearest frequency peer: pariah (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “parka”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- panning
panning
60,986 corpus weight
- pari
pari
60,985 corpus weight
- pariah
pariah
60,984 corpus weight
- parka
parka
60,983 corpus weight
- Paton
Paton
60,981 corpus weight
- peddle
peddle
60,980 corpus weight
What this shows “parka” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑɹkə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “parka”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around parka (IPA /ˈpɑɹkə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,018 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for parka, with forms such as "aprka", "pakra", and "parak". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PRA", "part", "pork", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Ur… The correct English form is parka, spelled P-A-R-K-A.
Definition
- 1A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.
Etymology
1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprka
- pakra
- parak
- parkka
- parrka
- pparka
- praka
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parka - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parka", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).