paraître

\pa.ʁɛtʁ\

/\pa.ʁɛtʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“paraître” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,700
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être exposé à la vue ; se faire ou se laisser voir ; se manifester.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paraitre · paraître · French

paraître · rank #3,700 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,700
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH organise

Nearest frequency peer: organise (-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 « paraître »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paraître » 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).

paraître vs parité
50% similar
paraître vs parfaite
63% similar
paraître vs parasite
63% similar

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

Key facts for paraître
PropertyValue
Headwordparaître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.ʁɛtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,700
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paraître »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paraîtrese 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 « organise » (#3,699), « partenariat » (#3,701), « officiers » (#3,698). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paraître » est au #3,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around paraître (IPA \pa.ʁɛtʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,700 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for paraître, with forms such as "apraître", "paarître", and "paraitre". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "parité", "parfaite", "parasite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paraître, spelled P-A-R-A-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être exposé à la vue ; se faire ou se laisser voir ; se manifester.
  2. 2
    Être mis en vente ou en circulation, en parlant d’un livre ou d’une publication.
  3. 3
    Briller ; se distinguer ; se faire remarquer.
  4. 4
    Sembler ; avoir l’apparence.
  5. 5
    Se montrer dans un lieu ou dans certaines circonstances.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tirez les cordes de votre arc jusqu’à vos oreilles, et abattez de vos traits tous ceux qui paraîtront sur le rempart.
  2. Le jour commençait à paraître; la générale retentissait, battue dans toutes les sections de Paris; ce mouvement et ce bruit se répercutaient jusque dans la tour, et glaçaient le sang dans les veines de l'abbé de Firmont et de Cléry.

Synonyms

apparaître

This word in other languages

appear(English)parecer(Español)auftreten(Deutsch)aparecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apraître
  • paarître
  • paraitre
  • paratîre
  • paraîrte
  • paraîter
  • paraîtrre
  • paraîttre
  • parraître
  • parîatre
  • pparaître
  • praaître

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paraître - 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.

apraître2paarître2paraitre1paratîre2paraîrte2paraîter2paraîtrre1paraîttre1
Edit distance from "paraître"

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 "paraître"?
"paraître" is spelled P-A-R-A-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɛtʁ\.
What does "paraître" mean?
As a verb, "paraître" means: Être exposé à la vue ; se faire ou se laisser voir ; se manifester.
What words are commonly confused with "paraître"?
"paraître" is commonly confused with "parité", "parfaite", "parasite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paraître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paraître" is \pa.ʁɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paraître" come from?
"paraître" 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 "paraître", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

organise#3,699migrants#3,695lecteurs#3,690respecte#3,711

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

inscrire12 variantsapprécier12 variantscherché12 variantsbénéfice12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list