parkour
/pɑːˈkʊə/
"parkour" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parkour” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,621
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, ro...
Corpus desk
Index EN-parkour · parkour · English
parkour · rank #37,621 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,621
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pare
Nearest frequency peer: pare (-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 “parkour”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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paleontology
62,384 corpus weight
- parabolic
parabolic
62,383 corpus weight
- pare
pare
62,381 corpus weight
- parkour
parkour
62,380 corpus weight
- parlance
parlance
62,379 corpus weight
- permafrost
permafrost
62,378 corpus weight
What this shows “parkour” 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 | parkour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɑːˈkʊə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “parkour”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around parkour (IPA /pɑːˈkʊə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,621 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, ro...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parkour, with forms such as "aprkour", "pakrour", and "parkkour". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "parlor", "parlour", "Parker", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”). The correct English form is parkour, spelled P-A-R-K-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parkour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On Astypalea, the possibilities for parkour routines are endless, as illustrated by the variety of tricks each athlete unveiled at Art of Motion.
Etymology
Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprkour
- pakrour
- parkkour
- parkoru
- parkourr
- parkuor
- parokur
- parrkour
- pparkour
- prakour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parkour - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).