parapluie

/\pa.ʁa.plɥi\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,992

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

parapluie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Abri portatif d’étoffe légère monté sur des baleines, remplacées aujourd’hui par des tiges de métal flexible, et qu’on déploie pour se protéger de la pluie. Pronounced \pa.ʁa.plɥi\. Often confused with parapluies.

Key facts for parapluie
PropertyValue
Headwordparapluie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.plɥi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,992
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of parapluie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for parapluie is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ʁa.plɥi\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,992 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for parapluie, with forms such as "aprapluie", "paarpluie", and "paralpuie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "parapluies", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is parapluie, spelled P-A-R-A-P-L-U-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abri portatif d’étoffe légère monté sur des baleines, remplacées aujourd’hui par des tiges de métal flexible, et qu’on déploie pour se protéger de la pluie.
  2. 2
    Engin qui servait à la descente et à la remontée des mineurs.
  3. 3
    Outil destiné à crocheter les serrures, constitué d’une ébauche de clé, d’où dépassent un certain nombre de tiges coulissantes, destinées à simuler la combinaison de la clé.
  4. 4
    Ce qui permet d’abriter quelqu’un dans une affaire, de le faire échapper aux ennuis.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprapluie,paarpluie,paralpuie,parapliue,paraplluie,parapluei,parappluie,parapulie,parpaluie,parrapluie,pparapluie,praapluie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parapluie

Misspelling Variants of "parapluie"

aprapluie9paarpluie9paralpuie9parapliue9paraplluie10parapluei9parappluie10parapulie9
Misspelling Variants of "parapluie"

Frequency rank: #14,992 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parapluie"?
"parapluie" is spelled P-A-R-A-P-L-U-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.plɥi\.
What does "parapluie" mean?
As a noun, "parapluie" means: Abri portatif d’étoffe légère monté sur des baleines, remplacées aujourd’hui par des tiges de métal flexible, et qu’on déploie pour se protéger de la pluie.
What words are commonly confused with "parapluie"?
"parapluie" is commonly confused with "parapluies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parapluie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parapluie" is \pa.ʁa.plɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parapluie" come from?
"parapluie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.