# parson

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/ · frequency rank #36,272

## Definitions
1. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
2. A Protestant minister.
3. A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.

## Etymology
From Middle English persoun, from Anglo-Norman, Old French persone (“parson, person”), from Medieval Latin persona (“parson, person”), from Latin persona (“person”). Doublet of person and persona.

## Easily confused with
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-paton)
- **person** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-person)
- **prison** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-prison)
- **poison** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-poison)
- **patron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-patron)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-patton)
- **Paxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-paxton)
- **Payton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-payton)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-parton)
- **passion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-passion)
- **persons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-persons)
- **Pearson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-pearson)
- **persona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-persona)
- **Parsons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-parsons)
- **Paulson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-paulson)
- **Pierson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-pierson)
- **Paterson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-paterson)
- **pars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pars-vs-parson)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-parson)
- **pardon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pardon-vs-parson)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aprson`, `parosn`, `parrson`, `parsno`, `parsonn`, `parsson`, `pasron`, `pparson`, `prason`

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