# parody

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæɹədi/ · frequency rank #9,932

## Definitions
1. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

## Etymology
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

## Easily confused with
- **prod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-prod)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-party)
- **proxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-proxy)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-parry)
- **purdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-purdy)
- **partly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-partly)
- **parole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-parole)
- **Peabody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-peabody)
- **paddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-parody)
- **pared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pared-vs-parody)
- **parade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parade-vs-parody)
- **parity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parity-vs-parody)
- **pagoda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pagoda-vs-parody)
- **parley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-parody)
- **parlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlay-vs-parody)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aprody`, `paordy`, `pardoy`, `paroddy`, `parodyy`, `paroyd`, `parrody`, `pparody`, `praody`

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