# parse

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɑːz/ · frequency rank #29,782

## Definitions
1. To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
2. To examine closely; to scrutinize.
3. To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
4. To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
5. Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

## Etymology
Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).

## Easily confused with
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pas)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-prs)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-part)
- **past** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-past)
- **pass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pass)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pure)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pays)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pose)
- **paws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-paws)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pats)
- **pore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pore)
- **pave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pave)
- **pate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pate)
- **pers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pers)
- **pyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pyre)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-party)
- **parts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-parts)
- **phase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-phase)
- **pulse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pulse)
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pause)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aprse`, `pares`, `parrse`, `parsse`, `pasre`, `pparse`, `prase`

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