parce

/\paʁs\/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#148

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

parce is aFrenchprep. It means: Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que Pronounced \paʁs\. It ranks #148 in French word frequency. Often confused with pré and part.

Key facts for parce
PropertyValue
Headwordparce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPrep
IPA\paʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#148
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for parce is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁs\. Corpus data places it at rank #148 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for parce, with forms such as "aprce", "pacre", and "parcce". 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, "pré", "part", "père", 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 parce, spelled P-A-R-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprce,pacre,parcce,parec,parrce,pparce,prace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parce

Misspelling Variants of "parce"

aprce5pacre5parcce6parec5parrce6pparce6prace5
Misspelling Variants of "parce"

Frequency rank: #148 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parce"?
"parce" is spelled P-A-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁs\.
What does "parce" mean?
As a prep, "parce" means: Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que
What words are commonly confused with "parce"?
"parce" is commonly confused with "pré", "part", "père". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parce" is \paʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parce" come from?
"parce" 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.