parody
par·o·dy/ˈpæɹədi/noun, verb
parody is spelled P-A-R-O-D-Y, 3 syllables: par·o·dy. The wrong spelling people search most is parady: about 350 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Parody is a noun meaning “A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony”. The plural of parody is parodies.
How many letters and syllables are in parody?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: par·o·dy |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, parady, about 350 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell parody?
Parody is spelled P-A-R-O-D-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for parody in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is parody?
Parody appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce parody?
- UK /ˈpæɹədi/
- British /ˈpaɹədɪj/
- /ˈpæɹədi/
Parody has 3 syllables, split par·o·dy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-parody.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with parody
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of parody
- parodies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- parodying participle, present
- parodied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- 2
archaicA popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
verb
- 1
To make a parody of something.
The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parody in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parodie , parodier |
| German | Parodie , parodieren |
| Portuguese | paródia , parodiar |
| Spanish | parodia , parodiar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does parody come from?
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).