parquet
/ˈpɑːkeɪ/
"parquet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parquet” is an uncommon English word, ranked #55,633 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,633
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parquet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑːkeɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parquet” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for parquet is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɑːkeɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,633 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for parquet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French parquet. The correct English form is parquet, spelled P-A-R-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
- 2The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
- 3In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
- 4In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.
Etymology
Borrowed from French parquet.
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); 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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Using “parquet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-Q-U-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɑːkeɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.