# parley

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑː(ɹ)li/ · frequency rank #46,678

## Definitions
1. A conference, especially one between enemies.

## Etymology
From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παρά (pará, “beside”) with βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver.

## Easily confused with
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-prey)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-party)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parry)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parse)
- **Pauly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-pauly)
- **partly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-partly)
- **parody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parody)
- **parole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parole)
- **parted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parted)
- **parlor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parlor)
- **pulley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-pulley)
- **pearly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-pearly)
- **parser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parser)
- **parsley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parsley)
- **pale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pale-vs-parley)
- **pare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pare-vs-parley)
- **palsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palsy-vs-parley)
- **pared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pared-vs-parley)
- **pales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pales-vs-parley)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parker-vs-parley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aprley`, `palrey`, `parely`, `parleyy`, `parlley`, `parlye`, `parrley`, `pparley`, `praley`

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