# parka

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑɹkə/ · frequency rank #39,018

## Definitions
1. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-pra)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-part)
- **pork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-pork)
- **perk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-perk)
- **parr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-parr)
- **pars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-pars)
- **pika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-pika)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-party)
- **parts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-parts)
- **Parks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-parks)
- **pasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-pasta)
- **Paula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-paula)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-parry)
- **polka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-polka)
- **pasha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-pasha)
- **parma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-parma)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-parse)
- **perky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-perky)
- **porta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-porta)
- **Patna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parka-vs-patna)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aprka`, `pakra`, `parak`, `parkka`, `parrka`, `pparka`, `praka`

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