parasite
\pa.ʁa.zit\
The verdict
“parasite” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,211
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vit aux dépens d’un autre organisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parasite · parasite · French
parasite · rank #12,211 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,211
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pantalons
Nearest frequency peer: pantalons (-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 « parasite »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- optimiser
optimiser
87,793 corpus weight
- oublient
oublient
87,792 corpus weight
- pantalons
pantalons
87,791 corpus weight
- parasite
parasite
87,790 corpus weight
- parois
parois
87,789 corpus weight
- patate
patate
87,788 corpus weight
What this shows « parasite » 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 | parasite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.zit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parasite »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around parasite (IPA \pa.ʁa.zit\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,211 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for parasite, with forms such as "aprasite", "paarsite", and "paraiste". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "parité", "parfaite", "porosité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parasite, spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui vit aux dépens d’un autre organisme.
- 2Superflu, gênant.
- 3Perturbant en parlant de la réception des signaux électriques ou électroniques et des sons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parasite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut avoir soin de les élaguer convenablement et de détruire le gui parasite qui les envahit fréquemment.
Lombroso (1892) estime que la pellagre est due à un champignon parasite, l’Ustilago carbo (vulgairement nommé verderame ou verdet) développé sur les graines de maïs gâté que les populations pauvres consomment en Italie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprasite
- paarsite
- paraiste
- parasiet
- parasitte
- parassite
- parastie
- parrasite
- parsaite
- pparasite
- praasite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parasite - 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.
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 "parasite", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).