# parlor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑːlə/ · frequency rank #18,646

## Definitions
1. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
2. The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
3. A comfortable room in a public house.
4. A covered open-air patio.
5. A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
6. A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
7. A shed used for milking cattle; a milking parlor.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.

## Easily confused with
- **parr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-parr)
- **prior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-prior)
- **Pryor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-pryor)
- **pastor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-pastor)
- **parrot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-parrot)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-parton)
- **parson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-parson)
- **parser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-parser)
- **Pavlov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-pavlov)
- **parlour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlor-vs-parlour)
- **Pablo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pablo-vs-parlor)
- **Paolo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paolo-vs-parlor)
- **Palos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palos-vs-parlor)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parker-vs-parlor)
- **pardon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pardon-vs-parlor)
- **parley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parlor)
- **parlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlay-vs-parlor)
- **parkour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parkour-vs-parlor)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aprlor`, `palror`, `parllor`, `parlorr`, `parlro`, `parolr`, `parrlor`, `pparlor`, `pralor`

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