# parkour

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɑːˈkʊə/ · frequency rank #37,621

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).

## Easily confused with
- **parlor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parkour-vs-parlor)
- **parlour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parkour-vs-parlour)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parker-vs-parkour)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aprkour`, `pakrour`, `parkkour`, `parkoru`, `parkourr`, `parkuor`, `parokur`, `parrkour`, `pparkour`, `prakour`

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