parachèvement
\pa.ʁa.ʃɛv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“parachèvement” is uncommon French (frequency #74,265 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,265
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Action de parachever.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parachevement · parachèvement · French
parachèvement · rank #74,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,265
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parachutés
Nearest frequency peer: parachutés (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “parachèvement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pacemaker
pacemaker
25,739 corpus weight
- panade
panade
25,738 corpus weight
- parachutés
parachutés
25,737 corpus weight
- parachèveme…
parachèvement
25,736 corpus weight
- pardonnerait
pardonnerait
25,734 corpus weight
- paries
paries
25,733 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “parachèvement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parachèvement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.ʃɛv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parachèvement” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parachèvement is uncommon French at frequency #74,265 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁa.ʃɛv.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de parachever.".
parachèvement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is parachèvement, spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-È-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de parachever.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parachèvement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour le parachèvement des métaux en feuille l'IMTS permettra de trouver toute une gamme de machine, de la grignoteuse, à la cisaille, en passant par la rectifieuse de bande et bien sûr par la poinçonneuse.
La fin de vie n’est pas simplement une vie qui s’achève, c’est le parachèvement d’une vie, disait le philosophe boulonnais Damien Le Gay.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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