pars
/pɑːz/
"pars" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pars” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,627
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of par
Corpus desk
Index EN-pars · pars · English
pars · rank #34,627 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,627
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH parsing
Nearest frequency peer: parsing (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “pars”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- outlier
outlier
65,380 corpus weight
- paltry
paltry
65,376 corpus weight
- pars
pars
65,374 corpus weight
- parsing
parsing
65,373 corpus weight
- Pentecostal
Pentecostal
65,372 corpus weight
- petitioner
petitioner
65,370 corpus weight
What this shows “pars” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pars |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɑːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pars”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around pars (IPA /pɑːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,627 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of par".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pars, with forms such as "aprs", "parrs", and "parss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PR", "PS", "per", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pars, spelled P-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of par
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprs
- parrs
- parss
- pasr
- ppars
- pras
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pars - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pars", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).