parlour game
"parlour-game" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parlour game” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parlour game |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parlour game” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parlour game is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parlour game, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is parlour game, spelled P-A-R-L-O-U-R- -G-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
- 2The use of deliberately nebulous or confusing language.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “parlour game”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-L-O-U-R- -G-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.