parc

/\paʁk\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,144

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

parc is aFrenchnoun. It means: Grande étendue de terrain, entièrement clos, comprenant des bois, des prairies et parfois des pièces d’eau, et entretenu pour l’agrément. Pronounced \paʁk\. It ranks #1,144 in French word frequency. Often confused with PC and Pr.

Key facts for parc
PropertyValue
Headwordparc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,144
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for parc is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁk\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,144 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for parc, with forms such as "aprc", "pacr", and "parcc". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PC", "Pr", "pas", and more, 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 parc, spelled P-A-R-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande étendue de terrain, entièrement clos, comprenant des bois, des prairies et parfois des pièces d’eau, et entretenu pour l’agrément.
  2. 2
    Enclos de vaste dimension.
  3. 3
    Enclos de vaste dimension.
  4. 4
    Enclos de vaste dimension.
  5. 5
    Enclos de vaste dimension.
  6. 6
    Clôture que l’on fait pour prendre ou pour conserver du poisson ; et, plus particulièrement, d’un Lieu préparé pour y mettre des huîtres, des moules qu’on y laisse se développer.
  7. 7
    Enclos pour garder un enfant en bas-âge.
  8. 8
    Endroit où l’on entrepose du matériel d’artillerie, d’aérostation ou d’aviation.
  9. 9
    Réunion des voitures qui transportent à la suite d’une armée le matériel de l’artillerie, du génie, de l’administration. Aujourd’hui utilisé dans le vocabulaire des organisations (militaires ou non).
  10. 10
    Ensemble d'équipements de même nature, souvent d'une organisation.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprc,pacr,parcc,parrc,pparc,prac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parc

Misspelling Variants of "parc"

aprc4pacr4parcc5parrc5pparc5prac4
Misspelling Variants of "parc"

Frequency rank: #1,144 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parc"?
"parc" is spelled P-A-R-C. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁk\.
What does "parc" mean?
As a noun, "parc" means: Grande étendue de terrain, entièrement clos, comprenant des bois, des prairies et parfois des pièces d’eau, et entretenu pour l’agrément.
What words are commonly confused with "parc"?
"parc" is commonly confused with "PC", "Pr", "pas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parc" is \paʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parc" come from?
"parc" 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.