parm
/pɑːm/
"parm" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parm” is uncommon English (frequency #65,387 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,387
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).
Corpus desk
Index EN-parm · parm · English
parm · rank #65,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,387
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Paramus
Nearest frequency peer: Paramus (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “parm”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Papuan
Papuan
34,617 corpus weight
- Paralympian
Paralympian
34,616 corpus weight
- Paramus
Paramus
34,615 corpus weight
- parm
parm
34,614 corpus weight
- Pastore
Pastore
34,613 corpus weight
- Pawar
Pawar
34,611 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “parm” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɑːm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “parm” in English
Rare enough to double-check
parm is uncommon English at frequency #65,387 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɑːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parm, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Shortening of parmigiana or parmesan. The correct English form is parm, spelled P-A-R-M.
Definition
- 1A dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).
- 2Parmesan cheese.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Everyone who's had my mother's eggplant parm has said, “This is awesome.”
For this update on a chicken parm sandwich, I bread and sauté thin chicken breast cutlets and layer them with fresh basil, mozzarella cheese, and leftover spaghetti on garlic-buttered ciabatta.
Etymology
Shortening of parmigiana or parmesan.
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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