parasitaire

\pa.ʁa.zi.tɛʁ\

/\pa.ʁa.zi.tɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“parasitaire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,944
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux parasites.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parasitaire · parasitaire · French

parasitaire · rank #46,944 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,944
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parachutisme

Nearest frequency peer: parachutisme (-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 « parasitaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parasitaire » 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).

parasitaire vs paritaire
82% similar

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

Key facts for parasitaire
PropertyValue
Headwordparasitaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁa.zi.tɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,944
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parasitaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.parasitairese 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 « parachutisme » (#46,943), « paritaires » (#46,945), « Paquin » (#46,942). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parasitaire » est au #46,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around parasitaire (IPA \pa.ʁa.zi.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,944 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux parasites.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for parasitaire, with forms such as "aprasitaire", "paarsitaire", and "paraistaire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "paritaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is parasitaire, spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux parasites.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est le signe d’une réaction de l’organisme : le tissu lymphoïde fabrique des phagocytes en abondance pour pouvoir lutter contre l’invasion parasitaire, qui se produit au niveau de la muqueuse intestinale.
  2. L’efficacité parasitaire des adultes peut se trouver limitée par la rupture de la coïncidence spatio-temporelle entre le stade réceptif des hôtes (œufs en cours d’embryogenèse) et le stade agressif du parasitoïde (Nenon, 1974).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprasitaire
  • paarsitaire
  • paraistaire
  • parasiatire
  • parasitaier
  • parasitairre
  • parasitarie
  • parasitiare
  • parasittaire
  • parassitaire
  • parastiaire
  • parrasitaire
  • parsaitaire
  • pparasitaire
  • praasitaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprasitaire2paarsitaire2paraistaire2parasiatire2parasitaier2parasitairre1parasitarie2parasitiare2
Edit distance from "parasitaire"

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 "parasitaire"?
"parasitaire" is spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.zi.tɛʁ\.
What does "parasitaire" mean?
As an adjective, "parasitaire" means: Relatif aux parasites.
What words are commonly confused with "parasitaire"?
"parasitaire" is commonly confused with "paritaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parasitaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parasitaire" is \pa.ʁa.zi.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parasitaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parasitaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list