parlour
/ˈpɑːlə/
"parlour" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parlour” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,267
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parlour · parlour · English
parlour · rank #24,267 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,267
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pasha
Nearest frequency peer: pasha (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “parlour”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- overtaken
overtaken
75,737 corpus weight
- pancreas
pancreas
75,736 corpus weight
- parlour
parlour
75,734 corpus weight
- pasha
pasha
75,733 corpus weight
- Peoria
Peoria
75,732 corpus weight
- periodical
periodical
75,731 corpus weight
What this shows “parlour” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | parlour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑːlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “parlour”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around parlour (IPA /ˈpɑːlə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,267 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parlour, with forms such as "aprlour", "palrour", and "parllour". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "parlor", "parkour", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is parlour, spelled P-A-R-L-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parlour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Will you walk into my parlour, said a Spider to a Fly; / 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprlour
- palrour
- parllour
- parloru
- parlourr
- parluor
- parolur
- parrlour
- pparlour
- pralour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parlour - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parlour", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).