parapher
\pa.ʁa.fe\
The verdict
“parapher” is uncommon French (frequency #85,996 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,996
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signer d’un paraphe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parapher · parapher · French
parapher · rank #85,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,996
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH papet
Nearest frequency peer: papet (-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 « parapher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paperback
paperback
14,007 corpus weight
- papet
papet
14,006 corpus weight
- parapher
parapher
14,005 corpus weight
- parbleu
parbleu
14,004 corpus weight
- parson
parson
14,002 corpus weight
- participera…
participeraient
14,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parapher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parapher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.fe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parapher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parapher is uncommon French at frequency #85,996 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.ʁa.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signer d’un paraphe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parapher, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is parapher, spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Signer d’un paraphe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parapher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a paraphé toutes les pages de cette pièce.
Quand il y a un renvoi dans un acte, il faut parapher le renvoi.
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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