paraissez
\pa.ʁɛ.se\
The verdict
“paraissez” is uncommon French (frequency #51,645 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,645
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de paraître (ou paraitre).
Corpus desk
Index FR-paraissez · paraissez · French
paraissez · rank #51,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,645
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pampa
Nearest frequency peer: pampa (-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 “paraissez”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- otaries
otaries
48,359 corpus weight
- ottomanes
ottomanes
48,358 corpus weight
- pampa
pampa
48,357 corpus weight
- paraissez
paraissez
48,356 corpus weight
- paralysant
paralysant
48,355 corpus weight
- parlants
parlants
48,354 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “paraissez” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paraissez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɛ.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paraissez” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paraissez is uncommon French at frequency #51,645 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.ʁɛ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
paraissez doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paraissez, spelled P-A-R-A-I-S-S-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de paraître (ou paraitre).
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de paraître (ou paraitre).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paraissez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous me paraissez tous de bons garçons, et assez convaincus pour aller vous faire casser la margoulette.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paraissez", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.