parkour
/pɑɹˈkʊɹ/noun, verb
parkour is spelled P-A-R-K-O-U-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parkour means “An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in parkour?
| Letters | 7: P-A-R-K-O-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is parkour?
Parkour appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 parkour?
- UK /pɑːˈkʊə/
- UK /pɑːˈkɔː/
- US /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/
Parkour has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-parkour.ogg, En-au-parkour.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parkour?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parkour from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹ/):
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 parkour
- parkours present, singular, he/she/it
- parkouring participle, present
- parkoured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parkour mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.
verb
- 1
To freerun; to use parkour (to move over).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parkour in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense athletic discipline:
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 parkour come from?
Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).