parrying
"parrying" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parrying” is uncommon English (frequency #99,677 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,677
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who parries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parrying · parrying · English
parrying · rank #99,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,677
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pard
Nearest frequency peer: pard (-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 “parrying”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paratha
paratha
327 corpus weight
- pard
pard
325 corpus weight
- parrying
parrying
324 corpus weight
- parsa
parsa
323 corpus weight
- partaken
partaken
322 corpus weight
- Parth
Parth
321 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “parrying” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parrying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “parrying” in English
Rare enough to double-check
parrying is uncommon English at frequency #99,677 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of one who parries.".
parrying has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is parrying, spelled P-A-R-R-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who parries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parrying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).