parasol

\pa.ʁa.sɔl\

/\pa.ʁa.sɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“parasol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,467
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abri portatif, analogue au parapluie, qu’on étend au-dessus de sa tête pour se garantir du soleil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parasol · parasol · French

parasol · rank #37,467 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,467
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pallas

Nearest frequency peer: pallas (-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 « parasol »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parasol » 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).

parasol vs Parisot
57% similar
parasol vs parano
71% similar
parasol vs parabole
75% similar

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

Key facts for parasol
PropertyValue
Headwordparasol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.sɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,467
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parasol »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parasolse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pallas » (#37,466), « painting » (#37,465), « parchemins » (#37,469). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parasol » est au #37,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around parasol (IPA \pa.ʁa.sɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,467 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parasol, with forms such as "aprasol", "paarsol", and "paraosl". 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, "Parisot", "parano", "parabole", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 parasol, spelled P-A-R-A-S-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abri portatif, analogue au parapluie, qu’on étend au-dessus de sa tête pour se garantir du soleil.
  2. 2
    Abri de même forme, dont on se sert sur les plages, les terrasses...
  3. 3
    Avion monoplan dont les ailes sont fixées au-dessus du fuselage par des haubans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La chaleur qui était extrême m’avait donné un violent mal de tête, et j’ouvris mon parasol pour me garantir de l’ardeur du soleil.
  2. Du côté du soleil palpitaient et scintillaient des milliers d’éventails et de petits parasols ronds emmanchés dans des baguettes de roseau ; on eût dit des essaims d’oiseaux de couleurs changeantes essayant de prendre leur vol.

This word in other languages

umbrella(English)parasol(Español)Sonnenschirm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprasol
  • paarsol
  • paraosl
  • paraslo
  • parasoll
  • parassol
  • parrasol
  • parsaol
  • pparasol
  • praasol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprasol2paarsol2paraosl2paraslo2parasoll1parassol1parrasol1parsaol2
Edit distance from "parasol"

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 "parasol"?
"parasol" is spelled P-A-R-A-S-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.sɔl\.
What does "parasol" mean?
As a noun, "parasol" means: Abri portatif, analogue au parapluie, qu’on étend au-dessus de sa tête pour se garantir du soleil.
What words are commonly confused with "parasol"?
"parasol" is commonly confused with "Parisot", "parano", "parabole". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parasol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parasol" is \pa.ʁa.sɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parasol" come from?
"parasol" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perdais#37,475perçant#37,477onglets#37,456onction#37,455

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

paierait10 variantsPhèdre10 variantsmyself10 variantsraiders10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list