parapente
\pa.ʁa.pɑ̃t\
The verdict
“parapente” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,507
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aéronef en forme de parachute en plus allongé, auquel est attaché un siège appelé sellette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parapente · parapente · French
parapente · rank #42,507 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,507
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH P3
Nearest frequency peer: P3 (-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 « parapente »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- orgies
orgies
57,497 corpus weight
- otite
otite
57,496 corpus weight
- P3
P3
57,495 corpus weight
- parapente
parapente
57,494 corpus weight
- parloir
parloir
57,493 corpus weight
- parra
parra
57,492 corpus weight
What this shows « parapente » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parapente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.pɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parapente »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around parapente (IPA \pa.ʁa.pɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,507 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for parapente, with forms such as "aprapente", "paarpente", and "paraepnte". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "parente", "Parapet", "Paravent", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is parapente, spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Aéronef en forme de parachute en plus allongé, auquel est attaché un siège appelé sellette.
- 2Sport de vol libre utilisant un parapente, parapentisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parapente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le parapente a bien failli partir en décrochage quand son pilote a trop tiré sur les freins.
Il replie son parapente et le range dans son sac.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprapente
- paarpente
- paraepnte
- parapenet
- parapennte
- parapentte
- parapetne
- parapnete
- parappente
- parpaente
- parrapente
- pparapente
- praapente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parapente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "parapente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).