# parr

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #28,661

## Definitions
1. Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.

## Etymology
Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan (“salmon”).
For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the Middle English parren (“to enclose”), referring to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence.

## Easily confused with
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pr)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-per)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pay)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pro)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pat)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pas)
- **paw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-paw)
- **pax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pax)
- **PCR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pcr)
- **Paz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-paz)
- **PRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-prc)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pry)
- **pau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pau)
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pra)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pur)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-prs)
- **PBR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pbr)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-pir)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-part)
- **past** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parr-vs-past)

## Common misspellings (3)
`aprr`, `pparr`, `prar`

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