parabole

/\pa.ʁa.bɔl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,308

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

parabole is aFrenchnoun. It means: Allégorie qui abrite une idée morale. Pronounced \pa.ʁa.bɔl\. Often confused with parole and parasol.

Key facts for parabole
PropertyValue
Headwordparabole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.bɔl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,308
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of parabole in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for parabole is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ʁa.bɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,308 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for parabole, with forms such as "aprabole", "paarbole", and "parabbole". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "parole", "parasol", "payable", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is parabole, spelled P-A-R-A-B-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allégorie qui abrite une idée morale.
  2. 2
    Récit allégorique.
  3. 3
    Comparaison.
  4. 4
    Ligne courbe qui résulte de la section d’un cône quand il est coupé par un plan parallèle à une de ses génératrices.
  5. 5
    Antenne parabolique.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprabole,paarbole,parabbole,parabloe,paraboel,parabolle,paraoble,parbaole,parrabole,pparabole,praabole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parabole

Misspelling Variants of "parabole"

aprabole8paarbole8parabbole9parabloe8paraboel8parabolle9paraoble8parbaole8
Misspelling Variants of "parabole"

Frequency rank: #23,308 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parabole"?
"parabole" is spelled P-A-R-A-B-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.bɔl\.
What does "parabole" mean?
As a noun, "parabole" means: Allégorie qui abrite une idée morale.
What words are commonly confused with "parabole"?
"parabole" is commonly confused with "parole", "parasol", "payable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parabole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parabole" is \pa.ʁa.bɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parabole" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.