parachutiste

\pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\

/\pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\/ noun

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The verdict

“parachutiste” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,442
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui pratique le saut en parachute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parachutiste · parachutiste · French

parachutiste · rank #41,442 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,442
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Palaiseau

Nearest frequency peer: Palaiseau (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « parachutiste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « parachutiste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

parachutiste vs parachutistes
92% similar
parachutiste vs parachutisme
92% similar

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

Key facts for parachutiste
PropertyValue
Headwordparachutiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\
Letters12
Frequency rank#41,442
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parachutiste »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parachutistese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Palaiseau » (#41,441), « pairie » (#41,440), « patineurs » (#41,444). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parachutiste » est au #41,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around parachutiste (IPA \pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,442 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for parachutiste, with forms such as "aprachutiste", "paarchutiste", and "paracchutiste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "parachutistes", "parachutisme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is parachutiste, spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui pratique le saut en parachute.
  2. 2
    Soldat appartenant à une unité aéroportée entraînée à être larguée sur un théâtre d'opérations pour y mener notamment des coups de main, des actions rapides.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how parachutiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chacun ici connaît le martyre d’Annick Castel, violée par un parachutiste et qui, croyant être enceinte, ne songeait plus qu’à mourir.

Synonyms

para

This word in other languages

parachuter(English)paracaidista(Español)Fallschirmspringer(Deutsch)paraquedista(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprachutiste
  • paarchutiste
  • paracchutiste
  • parachhutiste
  • parachtuiste
  • parachuitste
  • parachutiset
  • parachutisste
  • parachutistte
  • parachutitse
  • parachutsite
  • parachuttiste
  • paracuhtiste
  • parahcutiste
  • parcahutiste
  • parrachutiste
  • pparachutiste
  • praachutiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parachutiste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aprachutiste2paarchutiste2paracchutiste1parachhutiste1parachtuiste2parachuitste2parachutiset2parachutisste1
Edit distance from "parachutiste"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parachutiste"?
"parachutiste" is spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\.
What does "parachutiste" mean?
As a noun, "parachutiste" means: Personne qui pratique le saut en parachute.
What words are commonly confused with "parachutiste"?
"parachutiste" is commonly confused with "parachutistes", "parachutisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parachutiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parachutiste" is \pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parachutiste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perceptibles#41,446orthographes#41,434progressives#41,463protectrices#41,466

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

remaniements18 variantsréutilisable18 variantsinvertébrés18 variantsillustrateurs18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list