parages

\pa.ʁaʒ\

/\pa.ʁaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“parages” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,930
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région maritime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parages · parages · French

parages · rank #19,930 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,930
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH panthère

Nearest frequency peer: panthère (-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 « parages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parages » 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).

parages vs parés
57% similar
parages vs parles
71% similar
parages vs plages
71% similar

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

Key facts for parages
PropertyValue
Headwordparages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,930
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parages »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paragesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « panthère » (#19,929), « paranoïa » (#19,931), « pandémie » (#19,928). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parages » est au #19,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around parages (IPA \pa.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,930 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parages, with forms such as "aprages", "paarges", and "paraegs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "parés", "parles", "plages", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is parages, spelled P-A-R-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Région maritime.
  2. 2
    Région terrestre.
  3. 3
    Alentours, voisinage, endroit où l’on est.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle dérivait du côté de ces parages inconnus où se forment les banquises !
  2. J’exprimai le désir d’aller faire un tour à Londres pour […] me procurer les renseignements les plus positifs et les plus authentiques touchant les découvertes récemment opérées dans les parages antarctiques.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprages
  • paarges
  • paraegs
  • paragess
  • paragges
  • paragse
  • pargaes
  • parrages
  • pparages
  • praages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprages2paarges2paraegs2paragess1paragges1paragse2pargaes2parrages1
Edit distance from "parages"

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 "parages"?
"parages" is spelled P-A-R-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁaʒ\.
What does "parages" mean?
As a noun, "parages" means: Région maritime.
What words are commonly confused with "parages"?
"parages" is commonly confused with "parés", "parles", "plages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parages" is \pa.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parages" come from?
"parages" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list