parce
\paʁs\
The verdict
“parce” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #148. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #148
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que
Corpus desk
Index FR-parce · parce · French
parce · rank #148 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #148
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH nos
Nearest frequency peer: nos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “parce”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- premier
premier
99,856 corpus weight
- sera
sera
99,855 corpus weight
- nos
nos
99,854 corpus weight
- parce
parce
99,853 corpus weight
- personne
personne
99,852 corpus weight
- cela
cela
99,851 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “parce” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | parce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \paʁs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parce” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around parce (IPA \paʁs\), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #148 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for parce, with forms such as "aprce", "pacre", and "parcce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pré", "part", "père", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parce, spelled P-A-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Utilisé seulement dans la locution parce que
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprce
- pacre
- parcce
- parec
- parrce
- pparce
- prace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parce - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parce", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.