paraisse

\pa.ʁɛs\

/\pa.ʁɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“paraisse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,760
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paraître (ou paraitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-paraisse · paraisse · French

paraisse · rank #25,760 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,760
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ossature

Nearest frequency peer: ossature (-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 « paraisse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paraisse » 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).

paraisse vs paresse
75% similar
paraisse vs paraître
63% similar
paraisse vs paroisse
88% similar

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

Key facts for paraisse
PropertyValue
Headwordparaisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.ʁɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,760
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paraisse »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ossature » (#25,759), « paranoïaque » (#25,761), « parcourus » (#25,762). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paraisse » est au #25,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around paraisse (IPA \pa.ʁɛs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,760 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for paraisse, with forms such as "apraisse", "paarisse", and "paraise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "paresse", "paraître", "paroisse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is paraisse, spelled P-A-R-A-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paraître (ou paraitre).
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paraître (ou paraitre).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apraisse
  • paarisse
  • paraise
  • paraises
  • parasise
  • pariasse
  • parraisse
  • pparaisse
  • praaisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apraisse2paarisse2paraise1paraises2parasise2pariasse2parraisse1pparaisse1
Edit distance from "paraisse"

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 "paraisse"?
"paraisse" is spelled P-A-R-A-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɛs\.
What does "paraisse" mean?
As a verb, "paraisse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paraître (ou paraitre).
What words are commonly confused with "paraisse"?
"paraisse" is commonly confused with "paresse", "paraître", "paroisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paraisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paraisse" is \pa.ʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paraisse" come from?
"paraisse" 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 "paraisse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ossature#25,759obtienne#25,757pigments#25,766portails#25,770

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

piégés9 variantsquêtes9 variantsmarsan9 variantsreposé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list