parcourait

\paʁ.ku.ʁɛ\

/\paʁ.ku.ʁɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“parcourait” is uncommon French (frequency #54,143 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,143
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de parcourir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parcourait · parcourait · French

parcourait · rank #54,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,143
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paraffine

Nearest frequency peer: paraffine (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « parcourait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parcourait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parcourait
PropertyValue
Headwordparcourait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\paʁ.ku.ʁɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,143
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « parcourait » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).parcouraittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « paraffine » (#54,142), « parolier » (#54,144), « paradox » (#54,141). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parcourait » est au #54,143. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parcourait is uncommon French at frequency #54,143 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \paʁ.ku.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de parcourir.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for parcourait in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is parcourait, spelled P-A-R-C-O-U-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de parcourir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et quand il parcourait la montagne à la nuit, quand son père l’envoyait dans les chemins ramasser de l’allume-feu, sans discussion, il croyait voir leurs yeux jaunes le suivre tout au long des sentiers.

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 "parcourait"?
"parcourait" is spelled P-A-R-C-O-U-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ku.ʁɛ\.
What does "parcourait" mean?
As a verb, "parcourait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de parcourir.
How do you pronounce "parcourait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parcourait" is \paʁ.ku.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parcourait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list