parade

\pa.ʁad\

/\pa.ʁad\/ noun

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The verdict

“parade” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,900
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montre, étalage de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parade · parade · French

parade · rank #8,900 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,900
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH opère

Nearest frequency peer: opère (-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 « parade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parade » 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).

parade vs parce
67% similar
parade vs parlé
50% similar
parade vs parte
67% similar

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

Key facts for parade
PropertyValue
Headwordparade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁad\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,900
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parade »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paradese 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 « opère » (#8,899), « parceque » (#8,901), « oeuf » (#8,898). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parade » est au #8,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around parade (IPA \pa.ʁad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,900 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parade, with forms such as "aprade", "paarde", and "paradde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "parce", "parlé", "parte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is parade, spelled P-A-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Montre, étalage de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Montre, étalage de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Revue des troupes allant monter la garde.
  4. 4
    Ensemble de scènes burlesques que les bateleurs donnent au peuple à la porte de leur théâtre pour engager à y entrer.
  5. 5
    Vain semblant, étalage plein de fausseté.
  6. 6
    Démonstrations qui ne sont qu’une comédie.
  7. 7
    Défilé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cela n’est mis là que pour la parade.
  2. Faire parade : Faire montre, montrer avec ostentation, tirer vanité d’une chose.

This word in other languages

parade(English)desfile(Español)Parade(Deutsch)desfile(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprade
  • paarde
  • paradde
  • paraed
  • pardae
  • parrade
  • pparade
  • praade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parade - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aprade2paarde2paradde1paraed2pardae2parrade1pparade1praade2
Edit distance from "parade"

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 "parade"?
"parade" is spelled P-A-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁad\.
What does "parade" mean?
As a noun, "parade" means: Montre, étalage de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "parade"?
"parade" is commonly confused with "parce", "parlé", "parte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parade" is \pa.ʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parade" come from?
"parade" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pilule#8,907mousse#8,892milles#8,888saluer#8,922

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

missile8 variantssoudan8 variantssquare8 variantstireur8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list