parkour
/pɑːˈkʊə/
"parkour" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parkour” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #37,621 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,621
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “parkour” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for parkour is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɑːˈkʊə/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,621 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “parkour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-K-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɑːˈkʊə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “parlor” - see the side-by-side comparison. parkour vs parlor
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.