parangon
\pa.ʁɑ̃.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“parangon” is uncommon French (frequency #56,807 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,807
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modèle ; archétype ; représentant de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parangon · parangon · French
parangon · rank #56,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,807
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH padres
Nearest frequency peer: padres (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « parangon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ouistreham
Ouistreham
43,197 corpus weight
- packet
packet
43,196 corpus weight
- padres
padres
43,195 corpus weight
- parangon
parangon
43,194 corpus weight
- participons
participons
43,193 corpus weight
- parviendrait
parviendrait
43,192 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parangon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parangon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɑ̃.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parangon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parangon is uncommon French at frequency #56,807 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁɑ̃.ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for parangon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parangon, spelled P-A-R-A-N-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Modèle ; archétype ; représentant de.
- 2Se dit d'une perle ou d’une pierre précieuse parfaite, exempte de défaut.
- 3Deux caractères dont l’un est de vingt et un points et l’autre de dix-huit.
- 4Marbre noir de Grèce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parangon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il existe à Paris un incomparable Voyageur, le parangon de son espèce, un homme qui possède au plus haut degré toutes les conditions inhérentes à la nature de ses succès.
Vous n'êtes pas une femme, vous êtes la femme ! Et, comme suprême parangon de grâces et de beauté, vous vous devez à l’admiration de tous.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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