París

[paˈɾis]

/[paˈɾis]/ name

The verdict

“París” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,521
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad capital de Francia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-paris · París · Spanish

París · rank #1,521 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,521
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH parecen

Nearest frequency peer: parecen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “París”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “París” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

París vs pri
20% similar
París vs pas
40% similar
París vs pis
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for París
PropertyValue
HeadwordParís
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[paˈɾis]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,521
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “París”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Paríscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “parecen” (#1,520), “pensé” (#1,522), “ocasiones” (#1,519). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “París” va en #1,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around París (IPA [paˈɾis]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,521 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciudad capital de Francia.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for París, with forms such as "aprís", "parrís", and "parsí". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pri", "pas", "pis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is París, spelled P-A-R-Í-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad capital de Francia.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprís
  • parrís
  • parsí
  • paríss
  • paírs
  • pparís
  • praís

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of París - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aprís2parrís1parsí2paríss1paírs2pparís1praís2
Edit distance from "París"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "París"?
"París" is spelled P-A-R-Í-S. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈɾis].
What does "París" mean?
As a proper noun, "París" means: Ciudad capital de Francia.
What words are commonly confused with "París"?
"París" is commonly confused with "pri", "pas", "pis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "París"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "París" is [paˈɾis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "París" come from?
"París" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "París", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list